Question
After receiving this substance from the eyes and mouth of an odalisque, the speaker thinks, “for me pleasure is double, remorse is one,” in the poem “Do Not Weep For Layla.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this substance, the subject of Arabic khamriyya poems. In a line from the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the speaker longs for “a jug of [this substance], a loaf of bread, and thou.”
ANSWER: wine [prompt on alcohol or khamr]
[10h] “Do Not Weep For Layla” is by this hedonistic poet from the Abbasid caliphate, who mastered khamriyya poetry. This poet also appears as a sidekick to Hārūn ar-Rashīd in many of the Arabian Nights stories.
ANSWER: Abū Nuwās [or Abū Nuwās as-Salamī or Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī’ ibn ‘Abdi l-Awwal ibn aṣ-Ṣabāḥi l-Ḥukmiyya l-Midhḥajiyy]
[10m] Abū Nuwās’ homoerotic themes influenced the muwashshaḥ poems of Ibn Quzmān and other authors from this region. Ghazals from this region inspired a later poet from this region to write one “of the Dark Death.”
ANSWER: al-Andalus [or Andalusia; accept Iberia; accept Spain] (The later author is Federico Garcia Lorca.)
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