Al-A'sha

Al-A'sha or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (c. 570–c. 625) was an Arabic poet from Durna, Arabia.

He was widely traveled and was nicknamed "night-blind" after he lost his sight. One of his qasidah or odes is sometimes included in the Mu'allaqat, an early Arabic poetry collection.

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