Poetry of Sorrow, Verse of Grief
Marsiya is the poetry tradition of the Islamic world
3 min readDec 18, 2022
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Each language has its own relationship with pain. And when sorrow exceeds the limits of what can be expressed emotionally, it often takes the form of poetry. Marsiya is that poetic form of grief in Arabic and Urdu.
The marsiya is an elegiac poem recited to express emotions on the death of a…
