Ibn Zureik al-Baghdadi

Ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi is known as Abu al-Hasan Ali Abu Abdullah ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi, the writer, and he is an Abbasid poet. He traveled from his original homeland heading to Andalusia, looking for abundant livelihood and a soft life, knowing that he traveled leaving his wife in Baghdad despite his love for her, and despite her opposition. For his travel because of the distress of his life, where he decided to go to praise the kings of Andalusia, hoping that they would reward him with giving, so his condition would change to the best of him, and he would return to his beloved, except that luck was not on his side, and he did not reap what he went in search of, so he was afflicted with depression, fell ill, and died in the country of alienation.

Praise of Ibn Zureik for Abi Al-Khair

Ibn Zureik al-Baghdadi turned to Prince Abu al-Khair Abd al-Rahman al-Andalusi, and praised him eloquently, as he composed a great poem in it, and it was only from Prince Abu Khaled that he gave him a little tender, which made Ibn Zureik feel the absurdity of his travel to Andalusia, due to the lack of what he took. Which prompted him to remember his beloved, leaving her, and the long distance between them, which increased his grief and sadness. It must be noted that Prince Abu al-Khair Abd al-Rahman gave Ibn Zureik this little gift out of desire to test him if he had written his poem only for money. So he sent for him, but he found him dead, and they found with him a piece of paper containing his poem that he wrote for his beloved, which affected the prince so much that he wept over him.

A poem that does not excuse him, for the torment makes him fond

It is considered a poem that does not excuse him, because the only trace left of him is pain, and it is the poem that was found at his head at his death, and it is one of the eyes of poetry. Ibn Zureik wrote his poem addressing his wife, confirming his love and devotion to her, and he also talked about the summary of his experience with departure and estrangement, and his suffering in it, as he mentioned his beloved’s rejection of his departure, which increased his grief and sorrow, until it appeared at the end of the poem that his heart cracked, and his suffering from anguish Sorrow, as he expressed his loneliness as he has no companion in his estrangement. In his poem, the poet expresses the sincerity of his passion, the warmth of his experience, his unique and distinct poetic language, his leaping imagination, his eloquent formulation, and his delicate and sensitive poetic self.