Jamil bin Ma'mar

Jamil bin Ma'mar (c. 600) was an Arabian Islamic poet. He is known as Ummayad Islamic master of tragic love poetry called Udhri.

Wisdom & Quotes

• "You have grown old, Jamil! Your youth is spent! " I say,

Buthaynah, don't say that!
Have forgotten our days in
Liwa, and in Dhawi A'l-Ajfur?...
...
And I young and soft-skinned,
trailing my train behind me,
My hair black as the raven's wing,
That was changed by the
vicissitudes of tiem, as you well know!
But you! Like the governor's pearl,
still a young girl,
We were neighbours once, sharing the same
playground. How did I grow old and
you did not?

Muawiyah