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Rajaz
Metre in classical Arabic poetry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1999 album by Camel, see Rajaz (album).
Rajaz (رَجَز, literally 'tremor, spasm, convulsion as may occur in the behind of a camel when it wants to rise'[1]) is a metre used in classical Arabic poetry. A poem composed in this metre is an urjūza. The metre accounts for about 3% of surviving ancient and classical Arabic verse.[2]
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