Abu al qasim al shabi biography sample
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إِذا الشَّعْبُ يوماً أرادَ الحياةَ
فلا بُدَّ أنْ يَسْتَجيبَ القدرْ
ولا بُدَّ للَّيْلِ أنْ ينجلي
ولا بُدَّ للقيدِ أن يَنْكَسِرْ
ومَن لم يعانقْهُ شَوْقُ الحياةِ
تَبَخَّرَ في جَوِّها واندَثَرْ
فويلٌ لمَنْ لم تَشُقْهُ الحياةُ
من صَفْعَةِ العَدَمِ المنتصرْ
كذلك قالتْ ليَ الكائناتُ
وحدَّثَني روحُها المُستَتِرْ
ودَمْدَمَتِ الرِّيحُ بَيْنَ الفِجاجِ
وفوقَ الجبالِ وتحتَ الشَّجرْ
إِذا مَا طَمحْتُ إلى غايةٍ
رَكِبتُ المنى ونَسيتُ الحَذرْ
ولم أتجنَّبْ وُعورَ الشِّعابِ
ولا كُبَّةَ اللَّهَبِ المُستَعِرْ
ومن لا يحبُّ صُعودَ الجبالِ
يَعِشْ أبَدَ الدَّهرِ بَيْنَ الحُفَرْ
فَعَجَّتْ بقلبي دماءُ الشَّبابِ
وضجَّت بصدري رياحٌ أُخَرْ
وأطرقتُ أُصغي لقصفِ الرُّعودِ
وعزفِ الرّياحِ وَوَقْعِ المَطَرْ
وقالتْ ليَ الأَرضُ لما سألتُ
أيا أمُّ هل تكرهينَ البَشَرْ
أُباركُ في النَّاسِ أهلَ الطُّموحِ
ومَن يَسْتَلِذُّ ركوبَ الخطرْ
وأَلعنُ مَنْ لا يماشي الزَّمانَ
ويقنعُ بالعيشِ عيشِ الحجرْ
هو الكونُ حيٌّ يحبُّ الحَيَاةَ
ويحتقرُ الميْتَ مهما كَبُرْ
فلا الأُفقُ يَحْضُنُ ميتَ الطُّيورِ
ولا النَّحْلُ يلثِمُ ميْتَ الزَّهَرْ
ولولا أُمومَةُ قلبي الرَّؤومُ لمَا
ضمَّتِ الميْتَ تِلْكَ الحُفَرْ
فويلٌ لمنْ لم تَشُقْهُ الحَيَاةُ
منْ لعنةِ العَدَمِ المنتصرْ
وفي ليلةٍ مِنْ ليالي الخريفِ
متقَّلةٍ بالأَسى والضَّجَرْ
سَكرتُ بها مِنْ ضياءِ النُّجومِ
وغنَّيْتُ للحُزْنِ حتَّى سَكِرْ
سألتُ الدُّجى ه
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Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Tunisian poet (1909–1934)
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi | |
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| Native name | أبو القاسم الشابي |
| Born | 24 February 1909 Tozeur, Tunisia |
| Died | 9 October 1934(1934-10-09) (aged 25) Tunis, Tunisia |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Abou El Kacem Chebbi, Tozeur |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Literary movement | Neo-romanticism, avant-garde, Apollo Society |
| Spouse | Lella Chahla (Chahla Echebbi) (m. 1929) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Fadela Echebbi (cousin) Lalimen Echebbi (brother) |
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (Arabic: أبو القاسم الشابي, ALA-LC:Abū al-Qāsim al-Shābbī; (24 February1909 – 9 October1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, Humat al-Hima (Defenders of the Homeland), which was originally written by the Egyptian poet Mustafa Sadik el-Rafii.
Life
[edit]Echebbi was born in Tozeur, Tunisia, on 24 February 1909, the son of a judge. He obtained his attatoui diploma (the equivalent of the baccalauréat) in 1928. In 1930, he obtained a law diploma from the University of Ez-Zitouna. The same year, he married Chahla Echebbi who was his cousin and subsequently had two sons, Mohamed Sadok, who became a colonel in the
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Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi's ‘The Will to Live’- galvanising the Tunisian revolution
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