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About Tarfa bin Al-Abd

The poet Tarfa bin Al-Abd

The poet Tarfa bin Al-Abd is Tarfa bin Al-Abd bin Sufyan bin Saad bin Malik bin Bakr bin Wael, and Tarfa is just a nickname for him. His share of his father's legacy, but despite that he was from the upper class among the poets, due to the splendor of his poetry and eloquence of his tongue, so that many sources unanimously agreed that he is the youngest of poets, as he was raised on poetry from an early age, so the elder Marquess is his father's uncle, and the younger Marquess is his uncle And the groping uncle, and his sister Al-Kharanq is also a poet.

Tarfa bin Al-Abd's poetry

The poet Tarfa bin Al-Abd was one of the youngest poets, but despite that he wrote what other poets older than him and more knowledgeable about poetry did not write. In his verses, what he most excelled at was the poetry of satire, wisdom, pride, and enthusiasm, and more poetry of wisdom that he derived from his life and experiences from the treatment of his relatives to him, and it was more of his wisdom about death and life, and at the same time he was a lot of blame for the rich misers who do not spend To enjoy life, the following are famous verses from a blink: What you look for with money is a flower in you

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The boyhood is small, and the rose is unseen

A great matter may lead to a small one

Until the blood continues to flow for him

Injustice separated Wael's neighborhoods

Virgin Tsakiha Minaya overcome

The death of Tarfa bin Al-Abd

Tarfa bin Al-Abd was in contact with King Amr bin Hind, and he was one of his confidants. Once, King Tarfa sent a message to his agent (Al-Mukbar) in Oman and Bahrain, and the content of this message stated that Tarfa had been killed. Because of what was reported to the king that Tarfa satirized him with verses of poetry, so Al-Mukabar carried out the king's orders and killed Tarfa, and he was only twenty-six years old when he was killed.

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