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On Jealousy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2025

Mansour Ajami
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I am jealous over you

of my eyes

of myself

of you

of your time and place

Were I to hide you in my eyes

till the day of judgment

it would still not be enough

for me

Ibn Wallādah Or Ibn Zaydūn under the name Wallādah bint al-Mustakfī (d. 463/1070)

Vicissitudes of time

have fought with me

over him

It is as though time

were in love

with him

Muḥammad ibn Wahīb (Wuhayb) (n.d.)

The wind is jealous of me

over you

I never thought the wind

was my enemy

When I was about to kiss her

the wind re-veiled her face

swiftly

Ibrāhīm al- ṣūlī (d. 243/857)

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Pouring Water on Time
A Bilingual Topical Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry
 , pp. 117 - 118
Publisher: Gerlach Press
Print publication year: 2016

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  • On Jealousy
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.022
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  • On Jealousy
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.022
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  • On Jealousy
  • Mansour Ajami
  • Book: Pouring Water on Time
  • Online publication: 04 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9783940924759.022
Available formats
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