Abū al‐'Atāhiya

Japanese: アブー･アルアターヒヤ（英語表記）Abū al‐‘Atāhiya

748 to 750 - 825 to 828
A poet of the Abbasid period. A member of the Anazza tribe, he was born near Medina and grew up in Kufa. He started out as a potter, but his poetic talent was recognized and he became the court poet of Baghdad. After a broken heart, he completely changed his previous style of poetry, which was optimistic and centered on love, to a melancholic and pessimistic one. This change deepened his skeptical and philosophical pietism, and he wrote religious poetry in simple idiom that was understandable to the common people, and in later generations he has been revered as a leading figure in the field. [Horiuchi Masaru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

748から750‐825から828
アッバース朝期の詩人。アナザ族に属し，メディナ近郊に生まれ，クーファで育つ。壺職人をしていたが，詩才を認められ，バグダードの宮廷詩人となる。失恋を契機に，それまでの楽天的，恋愛主体の詩風から一変して，憂うつで悲観主義的な作風になる。この変化は彼を懐疑的･哲学的敬虔主義者に深め，平易な語法ながら，民衆にも理解可能な宗教詩を作り，後世，その分野の第一人者として仰がれている。【堀内勝】

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