Muhja bint al-Tayyani

[3] At some point, she met the famous poet Princess Wallada, who took her into her house — which served as a school of poetry for women — and mentored her.

[4] Wallada was extremely fond of Muhja, writing her passionate (and rather explicit) love poetry, and there are suggestions they may have been lovers.

[1][5][6] Muhja dedicated ferocious satires to her teacher:[7] مِن غَيْرِ بَعَلٍ فَضَحَ الكاتِمُ حَكَت لَنا مَرْيَم لَكِنّه نَخْلة هَذي ذَكَرٌ قائِمُ min ghayri baʿalin faḍaḥa al-kātimu ḥakat lanā Maryam lākinnah nakhlat hādhī dhakaru qāʾimu.

يا متحفا بالخوخ أحبابه أهلا به من مثلج للصدور حكى ثدي الغيد تفليكه لكنه أخزى رؤوس الأيور Away from the gouache of his lips to those who want it, just as the border defends itself from those who besiege it, one is defended by sabers and spears, and those who are protected by the magic of her eyes.

Muhya bent al-Tayyani", Historia de la literatura árabe clásica, Madrid: Cátedra, pp.