Saqt az-Zand
Cover of a modern edition of Saqt az-Zand. | |
| Author | Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī |
|---|---|
| Original title | سقط الزند |
| Translator | Arthur Wormhoudt |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Classical Arabic poetry, qasida anthology |
| Publisher | Dar Sader |
Publication date | before 1020 CE |
| Publication place | Abbasid-era Syria |
Published in English | 1972 |
| Media type | Print (poetry anthology) |
| Pages | 125 (in English translation) |
| Followed by | The Luzumiyat |
Saqt az-Zand (Arabic: سقط الزند, romanized: Saqṭ az-Zand; also transliterated as Sikt al-Zand and translated as The Spark of the Fire Stick or The Falling Spark of Tinder) was the first collection of poetry by al-Ma'arri. It consists of seventy-four qasidas amounting to over three thousand lines, written in his youth and early adulthood, before the year 1020.