Georg Warda
Georg Warda , Syriac Giwargis Warda was a Syrian hymn poet of the 13th century.
Life
Warda (German: "the rose") came from Arabella (today Irbid ) and lived in the Levant during the time of the Mongol storms . Allegedly he worked as a metropolitan in Arabella and Mosul . He was a major poet of the Syrian Renaissance of the 12th and 13th centuries. Several of his poems and hymns have been incorporated into the liturgy of the Christian Orient .
The metaphor of the rose ( Syriac "Warda") refers to the beauty of the hymns. They are reminiscent of the Persian poetry in the collection of poems Golestan by the Persian poet Saadi from Shiraz . Around 150 handwritten poems were attributed to Georg Warda. 35 of them have been published so far. There are hymns for various annual festivals, hymns of praise to saints and martyrs, and exhortations for repentance. The most famous work is The Book of the Rose (Kthava d-warda). Several hymns and lamentations commemorate historical events such as the drought and famine in northern Mesopotamia in the years 1223–1224 and epidemics. A poem addresses the Mongolian raids that struck the region from 1235–1236.
Works (selection)
- Remembering genocidal horrors in Carmel and Grozny . Verlag von Dewitz-Krebs, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-932766-08-4 .
- German translation by Heinrich Hilgenfeld (Ed.): Selected songs by Giwargis Warda von Arbel . Leipzig 1904 → Reprint: (= Syriac studies library . Bd. 131). Gorgias Press, Piscataway 2012, ISBN 978-1-617-19254-8 .
Literature (selection)
- Isak Folkmann: Selected Nestorian hymns about the martyrdom of Heil. Georg von Giwargis Warda, with introduction, notes and German translation. Inaugural dissertation to obtain the doctorate of the high philosophical faculty of the Friedrichs-Alexanders-Universität in Erlangen (seven hymns, Syrian text translated into German). Verlag Max Schmersow, Kirchhain N.-L. 1896. → New edition 2017: DNB 1177971003
- Heinrich Hilgenfeld: Giwargis Warda . In: Journal of Scientific Theology . Vol. 47, Leipzig 1904, pp. 269-272.
- Theodor Nöldeke (ed.): Two Syrian songs about the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin . In: Journal of the German Oriental Society , Volume 27, pp. 489-510.
- Martin Tamcke : Comments on Giwargis Wardas' Onita on the Catholics of the East . In: Syriaca II , Münster, 2004, pp. 203–227.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Warda in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Georg Warda in Index theologicus
- Georgius, de Arbela at CERL Thesaurus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warda, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warda, Giwargis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian hymn poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th century or 14th century |