Poetry; homily

Two secular poems, מה תמהי נפשי ותחיל and שהי רוח עלי נפש פחודה, by an anonymous poet living in Qayrawān. The poet is writing to his son who studied in Fās. Both poems have Judaeo-Arabic headings indicating that the father is writing to the son. Verso contains a homily in Judaeo-Arabic.

The poems are published by Allony (1944 45: 80 2).