هَذا الّذي تَعرِفُ البَطْحاءُ وَطْأتَهُ
This is the one whose footstep the valley of Mecca knows.
Al-Farazdaq, at the Kaaba in 732, naming to Caliph Hisham the man the caliph pretended not to know. He was imprisoned for it.
#Farazdaq #Arabicpoetry #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

هذه قصورهم وهذه قبورهم
These are their palaces, and these are their graves.
Bahlul of Kufa, when Harun al-Rashid asked him for counsel on the road, 8th century. The line is attributed, which is how the adab tradition carries it.
#Bahlul #adab #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

كَأَنَّهُ عَلَمٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ نَارُ
Like a banner with a fire at its head.
Al-Khansa on her brother Sakhr, 7th century: the dead man as the landmark the guides steer by.
#alKhansa #elegy #Arabicpoetry #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

The word dīwān means a council chamber and also a poet's collected works. The Diwan is this label's Discord, where lines land before they become tracks. It is nearly empty, which is the best time to walk in: https://discord.gg/R9qEebyNGR
#TheUnseen #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

من نجفِ الكرّارِ يسطعُ في العُلا
From Najaf of al-Karrar it rises, shining.
Lisan al Ghayb, 2026, in Arabic and English on one release. Start with the Arabic: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lisanalghayb/allah-muhammad-ali
#nasheed #anthem #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

The order of work here: a person writes the words, or sets an old text. The Arabic is fully vowelled before anything is generated. The voice is a model. Then a person listens for every vowel on playback; nothing is verified on the page.
#nasheed #Arabic #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam

وَفي اللَيلَةِ الظَلماءِ يُفتَقَدُ البَدرُ
The full moon is missed on the darkest night.
Abu Firas al-Hamdani, a prisoner of Byzantium, to Sayf al-Dawla, 960s. A qasida written from captivity.
#AbuFiras #Arabicpoetry #LisanAlGhayb #dune #fremen #babylon #islam