La «Macama muhsinuya»: Un ejercicio retórico-escolar en la Málaga almohade

Abstract

Traducción anotada y estudio de una macama malagueña conservada en el Ikmal de Ibn ‘Askar and ibn Jamus (s. XII-XIII). La pieza, que es obra colectiva, presenta la rareza de estar toda ella escrita en verso, y se compone de 13 quintillas, de otros tantos autores, más dos tercetos de Abã ‘Amr Ibn Salim (m. 620/1223), que son principio y remate del conjunto. Se supone que el citado literato malagueño oficia de maestro de ceremonias con un grupo de talaba (doctrinarios almohades) de la ciudad de Málaga, cuya formación literaria tiene encomendada; a tal fin les propone como ejercicio escolar hacer el elogio de uno de los camaradas, de cuyo nombre la obrita recibe el título de al-Maqamat al-muhsinuya, esto es, “Las macamas de ‘Abd al-Muhsin”.

Annotated translation and a study of a maqma (Arabic genre) from Malaga, preserved in Ibn ‘Askar and Ibn KhamIs's IkmAl. This piece, which is a collective work, appears to be very unusual in that it is entirely in verse, and it is composed of 13 cinquains, each one written by a different author, plus two triplets by Abã ‘Amr Ibn Salim (d. 620 H./1223 d. C.), which appear at the opening and close of the piece. The aforementioned author is supposed to act as a master of ceremonies with a group of talaba (Almohad propagandists) from the city of Malaga, where literary education was under his responsability. To this end, and as a school exercise, he proposes writing in praise of one of their comrades, after whose name this brief piece is called al-Maqamat al-muhsin iya, that is, “‘Abd al-Muhsin's maqamat”.