Poet Saeed bin Abdullah Wuld Wazir Al Farsi

Saeed bin Abdullah Wuld Wazir Al Farsi: born in the Omani city of Sur in 1323 AH / 1905 CE. That period abounded with folk poets, and he was keen to make contact and connect with them, which later gave him experience and skill.
He was foremost in meeting poets and men of letters in the various cities of the Sultanate: he met the poet Salem bin Malik Al Salti in Wadi Bani Jabir, the poet Mazoon and his brother Masoud in the Wilaya of Jaalan Bani Bu Hassan, the poet Khalfan Balwa in Al Masnaah, the poet Khalfan bin Abdullah Al Harrasi nicknamed "Talha", and the Omani poet Saeed bin Khamis, poet of the Green Island (Pemba) in Africa.

He embraced the sea and travel in his poetry, and embraced travel like the people of his city at the time, journeying to the Gulf states and Africa — especially the Green Island (Pemba), where he met its renowned poet Saeed bin Khamis. He took up all the poetic arts known in that period, such as the Razha, Maydan, Ramsa, Taghrood, Tariq, Tashahshah, Bin Abbadi, Abu Al Zalaf, Alwah ya Salem, Ayyala, Amboom and Dan Dan [2], and the other sea arts; in addition to the various religious and social occasions, counsels, duels, dialogues, patriotic verse and riddles of the arts, as well as poetic contests and evenings. He was distinguished by his dialogues with the self, with customs, traditions and landmarks in his city of Sur; among the most famous of those dialogues was his dialogue with the Grand Mosque in Sur.

Samples of his poetry:

The first poem the poet composed, at the age of fourteen while in Kuwait — a love poem in which he mentions the anguish of distance from the homeland and longing for the one who conquered his heart, beseeching the bird to carry his greetings and yearnings, saying:

I asked my Lord, the generous — His seeker is never disappointed    the youth, brother of Ali, says, so hear his answer

O bird, with your flight carry my news and my reins   if you be a guiding spirit, and come aright

Until he says:

And Saeed — his tears poured forth, his companions availed not    he weeps the parting of the beloved, his tears streaming

O friend, you tormented me, and this hardship you accept    I lost my mind over you and knew no bounds for it

The Razha:

O land of glory, welcome the delegation    after it has fulfilled the requirements of its duty

We came from the Shoma and reached the town    in the assembly (barza) of the Wali and the sheikhs of the Janba

And we abide by the law of Al Qabula    in the nyabah, with our souls we ransom our country

Do you not hear the rifle and see the flag    in it are congratulations for our hero, our Sultan

[1]  Afiyat Al Sawari _ previous reference _ p. 193

[2]  Salem bin Mohammed Al Ghailani _ compiled and edited _ "Folk Literature in the Land of the Sail" .. the diwan of the poet Saeed bin Abdullah Wad Wazir _ Akhbar Al Yawm Press _ 1985 _ p. 7

[3]  "Ajnaba" — by this he means the Janba, an ancient Arab tribe inhabiting the Wilaya of Sur and settling its coastal area; they are four tribes [Al Ghayaleen, Al Fawaris, Al Arama and Al Makhana]

Reference:
Hammoud bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Ghailani _ Maritime History and Shipbuilding in the Omani City of Sur _ Arabic Press _ 2006