Poetry Mosseri IV.387.2

Name: Poetry Mosseri IV.387.2
Author: Dunaš Ibn Labrāṭ, wife of

İsim	Poetry Mosseri IV.387.2
Yazar	Dunaš Ibn Labrāṭ, wife of
Basım Tarihi:	6th-19th century
Basım Yeri	- Cambridge University Library
Tür	Kitap
Dil	İbranice
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Leaf: (height: 6.9 cm, width: 13.8 (1 leaf: 9.3) cm)
Kütüphane:	Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	Mosseri IV.387.2
Kayıt Numarası	cambridge_genizah-728
Lokasyon	Cambridge University Library
Tarih	6th-19th century
Notlar	Part of a copy of a poem by the wife of Dunaš Ibn Labrāṭ, followed by the first part of a second poem, a reply from Ibn Labrāṭ to his wife. Ibn Labrāṭ (920-990 CE) was a Spanish poet, grammarian and commentator who worked in the service of Ḥasday Ibn Šapruṭ, the leader of the Jewish community in Spain. Ibn Labrāṭ had a contentious relationship with his contemporaries, but very little is known about his wife. Her poem - the only known medieval Hebrew poem by a woman - has been praised for its quality and poignancy: Will her love remember his graceful doe / her only son in her arms as he parted? / On her left hand he placed a ring from his right, / on his wrist she placed her bracelet. / As a keepsake she took his mantle from him, / and he in turn took hers from her. / Would he settle, now, in the land of Spain, / if its prince gave him half his kingdom? [translated by Peter Cole]. The couple appear to have separated reluctantly under difficult circumstances, resentfully described in another poem identified as being by Ibn Labrāṭ to his employer: I served you in sorrow, for all your wares are loathsome. / I will glean no grapes, nor will I gather corn. / I betrayed a young wife and sent her a writ of divorce. / I left my home, and abandoned the son that she bore. (T-S J2.71, f. 2v). Part of a copy of Ibn Labrāṭ’s response to his wife’s poem is preserved at T-S NS 143.46: Were you seeking the day of my death when you wrote: / ‘Have you betrayed and abandoned your vows?’ / Could I betray a woman so wise / given by god as the bride of my youth? / Had my heart ever thought to leave you / I would have torn it into pieces. / For those who betray their beloved companion, / God brings down with the trials of foes. / Lions soon will devour his flesh, / and vultures will consume his blood. / Who resembles the stars of dawn […] [translated by Peter Cole]. \| Condition: Cut, holes \| Layout: 5-8 lines \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Malzeme	Paper

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Poetry Mosseri IV.387.2

Yazar Dunaš Ibn Labrāṭ, wife of

Basım Tarihi 6th-19th century

Basım Yeri - Cambridge University Library

Tür Kitap

Dil İbranice

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Leaf: (height: 6.9 cm, width: 13.8 (1 leaf: 9.3) cm)

Kütüphane Ortadoğu Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası Mosseri IV.387.2

Kayıt Numarası cambridge_genizah-728

Lokasyon Cambridge University Library

Tarih 6th-19th century

Notlar Part of a copy of a poem by the wife of Dunaš Ibn Labrāṭ, followed by the first part of a second poem, a reply from Ibn Labrāṭ to his wife. Ibn Labrāṭ (920-990 CE) was a Spanish poet, grammarian and commentator who worked in the service of Ḥasday Ibn Šapruṭ, the leader of the Jewish community in Spain. Ibn Labrāṭ had a contentious relationship with his contemporaries, but very little is known about his wife. Her poem - the only known medieval Hebrew poem by a woman - has been praised for its quality and poignancy: Will her love remember his graceful doe / her only son in her arms as he parted? / On her left hand he placed a ring from his right, / on his wrist she placed her bracelet. / As a keepsake she took his mantle from him, / and he in turn took hers from her. / Would he settle, now, in the land of Spain, / if its prince gave him half his kingdom? [translated by Peter Cole]. The couple appear to have separated reluctantly under difficult circumstances, resentfully described in another poem identified as being by Ibn Labrāṭ to his employer: I served you in sorrow, for all your wares are loathsome. / I will glean no grapes, nor will I gather corn. / I betrayed a young wife and sent her a writ of divorce. / I left my home, and abandoned the son that she bore. (T-S J2.71, f. 2v). Part of a copy of Ibn Labrāṭ’s response to his wife’s poem is preserved at T-S NS 143.46: Were you seeking the day of my death when you wrote: / ‘Have you betrayed and abandoned your vows?’ / Could I betray a woman so wise / given by god as the bride of my youth? / Had my heart ever thought to leave you / I would have torn it into pieces. / For those who betray their beloved companion, / God brings down with the trials of foes. / Lions soon will devour his flesh, / and vultures will consume his blood. / Who resembles the stars of dawn […] [translated by Peter Cole]. | Condition: Cut, holes | Layout: 5-8 lines | more | less

Parçası Olduğu The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Malzeme Paper