Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets – Like They Said

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Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

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Good men’s actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel’s charityIs carefully planned to please.

Topics: Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

artifice charity goodness hypocrisy

Good men’s actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel’s charityIs carefully planned to please.

Topics: Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

Abu al-Ala al-Ma’arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

artifice charity goodness hypocrisy

Good men’s actions are naturalWhile a scoundrel’s charityIs carefully planned to please.

Topics: Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets