25 November 2019
Curtains Fell on Music Poetry at Al Khalifiya Library
Curtains fell on the specialized forum course on “ The Music of Poetry”, organized by Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities and supervised by Dr. Fawwaz Al Sherooqi, on 25 November 2019 at the Al Khalifiyah Library. Lovers of Arabic poetry ad enthusiasts took part in this literary workshop.
The workshop course, which lasted for whole month, shed lights on Arabic poetry, its definition and its relationship with music, and how the birth of Meter in poetry is the overall rhythmic structure; Is "seas" really just another word for meter, or is there some significant difference between the "seas" of Arabic poetry and the meter of western poetry? Indeed, seas are made up of taf'ilah written according to adopted Arabic weights.
Worth to mention that Dr. Fawwaz Al Sherooqi has two collections of poems, one titled “ the “ The Eternity of Eyes”, and the second “ Close as a Star, Far as a Kiss”, as well as novel titled “ Al Dafnah”. Al Sherooqi has taken part in many evenings of poetry held in Bahrain and abroad. Bah rain Culture Authority‘s objective through this “ Music of Poetry” forum was to introduce participants to the principles of poetry writing in Arabic and its rhymes, providing the participants with the tools to practice poetry solely through hearing, turning ideas into poems and writing poems according to the correct Arabic weights. Participants have learnt how syllables come together to form the building block of poetry, something called a foot. So feet are one, two, three, or more syllables put together. These syllables can be in the same word, be across different words, or even start in the middle of one word and end in the middle of another; whatever the case may be. These are the basic units of poetry and when a poet writes, he doesn’t focus on words, but these feet. It’s also important to consider whether the syllables are short or long. So short-long, for example, is a different foot than long-long, even though they’re both disyllabic (have 2 syllables). The meters (Wazn, Awzan being forms of the Arabic poems units Bayt, Abyate) are, thus, identified.
Needless to say that Bahrain Culture Authority is keen to organize many different training sessions and educational workshops for all social and age categories, as part of its social culture programming strategy. BACA’s strategic program aims to enhance the development of cultural and heritage-based activities and events related to antiquities. If you are interested in any activities organized by Bahrain Culture Authority, please register via our website www.culture.gov.bh
