Al-Sarī al-Raffāʽ (Arabic: السري الرفاء) or Abul-Hasan al-Sari ibn Ahmed ibn al-Sari al-Kindi al-Raffa al-Mausili (Arabic: أبو الحسن السري بن أحمد بن السري الكندي الرفاء الموصلي) (died 362 AH/973 CE) was a poet in the court of Sayf al-Dawla, noted for his riddles[1]: 265 and ekphrastic poetry.
He compiled the anthology al-Muḥibb wa-l-maḥbūb wa-l-mashmūm wa-l-mashrūb, an extensive collection of 'verses about love, fragrant plants, and wine'.
[2] One of al-Sarī's riddles runs as follows:[3] A‘dadtu li-’l-layli idha ’l-laylu ghasaq, / wa-qayyada ’l-alḥāẓa min dūni ’l-ṭuruq, Quḍbāna tibrin ‘ariyat ‘ani ’l-waraq / shifā’uhā in maruḍat ḍarbu ’l-‘unuq.I prepared for the night (when it darkened and fettered the eyes, obscuring the roads) Leaveless twigs of gold which, should they wilt, may be reanimated by cutting their necks.The answer is 'candles'.
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