The Hanged Poems
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translated by F. E. Johnson,
with revisions {?} by Sheikh Faiz-ullah-bhai
from The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, volume V, Ancient Arabia
ed. Charles F. Horne
Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb; New York and London
[1917]
{reduced to HTML by Christopher M. Weimer March 2002, revised May 2003}
{only three of the seven poems are presented in this version,
see the bibliography at the end of the introduction for complete versions}
| Introduction |
| The Poem of Imru-ul-Quais (530 A.D.?) |
| The Poem of Antar (580 A.D.?) |
| The Poem of Zuhair (590 A.D.?) |
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