Burdai ya Al-Busiri

Burdai ya Al-Busiri

The Burda (or `mantle´), an Arabic poem in praise of the prophet Muhammad (s. a.u.), was composed in Egypt by the 7th /13th century poet al-Busiri. Over the centuries the Burda of al-Busiri has become familiar in many parts of the Islamic world, including Swahili-land -where it is known as Burdai. A...

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Main Author: Omar, Yahya Ali
Other Authors: SOAS, University of London, Department of African Languages and Cultures
Format: Article
Language:swh
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2012
Subjects:
Swahili
arabische Poesie
Übersetzung
Prosa
Arabic poetry
translation
prose
ddc:496
Versdichtung
Arabisch
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spelling ndltd-DRESDEN-oai-qucosa.de-bsz-15-qucosa-977442013-01-07T20:06:23Z Burdai ya Al-Busiri Omar, Yahya Ali Swahili arabische Poesie Übersetzung Prosa Swahili Arabic poetry translation prose ddc:496 Swahili Versdichtung Arabisch Übersetzung Prosa The Burda (or `mantle´), an Arabic poem in praise of the prophet Muhammad (s. a.u.), was composed in Egypt by the 7th /13th century poet al-Busiri. Over the centuries the Burda of al-Busiri has become familiar in many parts of the Islamic world, including Swahili-land -where it is known as Burdai. Although it has already been translated into Swahili verse, this seems to be the first occasion that the Burdai has been translated into Swahili prose (into kiMvita, the speech of Swahili Mambasa). The translation which follows employs a new system of orthography which now appears in print for the very first time. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig SOAS, University of London, Department of African Languages and Cultures Universität zu Köln, Institut für Afrikanistik 2012-11-30 doc-type:article application/pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97744 urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-97744 http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/9774/6_01_omar.pdf Swahili Forum; 6(1999), S. 5-20 swh
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topic Swahili
arabische Poesie
Übersetzung
Prosa
Swahili
Arabic poetry
translation
prose
ddc:496
Swahili
Versdichtung
Arabisch
Übersetzung
Prosa
spellingShingle Swahili
arabische Poesie
Übersetzung
Prosa
Swahili
Arabic poetry
translation
prose
ddc:496
Swahili
Versdichtung
Arabisch
Übersetzung
Prosa
Omar, Yahya Ali
Burdai ya Al-Busiri
description The Burda (or `mantle´), an Arabic poem in praise of the prophet Muhammad (s. a.u.), was composed in Egypt by the 7th /13th century poet al-Busiri. Over the centuries the Burda of al-Busiri has become familiar in many parts of the Islamic world, including Swahili-land -where it is known as Burdai. Although it has already been translated into Swahili verse, this seems to be the first occasion that the Burdai has been translated into Swahili prose (into kiMvita, the speech of Swahili Mambasa). The translation which follows employs a new system of orthography which now appears in print for the very first time.
author2 SOAS, University of London, Department of African Languages and Cultures
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