Abu al Athiyah

Abu al Athiyah (d. 828) was a prominent Arabic poet of the Umayyad dynasty. He was known for his ascetic views, gloomy outlook and extensive use of Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) in his poetry.

Wisdom & Quotes

• We have grown so old, old friends

We might never have been so young
Though our days were stalks of basil
Wet and waving and beaming
We spent long wanting a house
A place of violence and theft
We shall spend longer trying to be young
Tinkering with juvenalia
And a steady hole in the scalp.

Youth went out despite everything
There should be no cause when youth wears out
But death and the mountain.

Rasail al-Kindi