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English translation: satirical poem

08:10 Aug 3, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / poems
Arabic term or phrase: قصيدة هجاء
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Dina 13
English translation:satirical poem
Explanation:
satirical poem
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Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 02:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Satire poem
salma 2
5 +2defamatory poem
Mohamed Kamel
4 +3The above, and some more:
Nesrin
5 +1satirical poem
Muhammad Atallah
5Poem of Lampoon
azmi jbeili


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Satire poem


Explanation:
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salma 2
Egypt
Local time: 02:42
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

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agree  Moodi
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agree  Omar H (X)
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agree  Said Abouharia: Satiric poem http://www.almaany.com/home.php?language=0&word=poem&type_wo...
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
satirical poem


Explanation:
satirical poem

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 23

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agree  Mona Helal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire
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neutral  Said Abouharia: Satirical poetry
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Poem of Lampoon


Explanation:
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azmi jbeili
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 7
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
defamatory poem


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Mohamed Kamel
Egypt
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Fida Elhoussami
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agree  Said Abouharia: An onther option
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
The above, and some more:


Explanation:
Here's what I found:

Hans Wehr dictionary suggests "DEFAMATORY POEM"

Then there's "LAMPOON", which according to this Glossary of Poetic terms http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_poetic_terms_l.htm is defined as: Scurrilous, satirical poem.
It's used here: "thematic types featured in classical and modern Arabic poetry, the most prominent of which are madih (eulogy, panegyric), hija' (lampoon), ritha' (elegy), and wasf (description)." (The Arabic Literary Heritage: The Developments of its Genres and Criticism) http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_3_22/ai_66938...

Then there's INVECTIVE POEM as used here "■Gelder, G. J. van. The Bad and the Ugly: Attitudes Towards Invective Poetry (Hija') in Classical Arabic Literature (Leiden, 1988). http://www.soas.ac.uk/courseunits/15PNMC048.html

...and ABUSE POETRY as used in this respectable source: Encyclopedia of Arabic literature -
Julie Scott Meisami, Paul Starkey - 1998 - ... and while pre-Islamic and Umayyad abuse poetry (hija') is often extremely ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0415185726...

The Wikipedia article favours "SATIRICAL POETRY": The pre-Islamic poetry is commonly referred to in Arabic as "الشعر الجاهلي" or Jahili poetry, .... The genre of Arabic satirical poetry was known as hija. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_poetry

There you go :-)

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 54

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agree  Fuad Yahya
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agree  Mohamed A. Moustafa
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agree  sktrans
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