The star of the poet Badr Al-Hazin shone in the early nineties, and he moved between poetry, media and literature, shaking hands with his fans through the Saudi and Gulf press. He was absent from the poetic arena for many years, then returned loaded with poetry to reveal, through "Okaz", the reasons for his absence and the most important stations in his career.. Here is the text of the interview:
• What do I introduce you to, the poet, the journalist, or the researcher?
•• With all humility, I am all of what was mentioned, I am the poet Badr Al-Hazin, the journalist Manea bin Jallab, and the researcher Ibn Al-Tarekh.
• Tell us about the beginning of discovering your talent with poetry?
A: The beginning was with my father when he addressed me one morning with verses of poetry, when I was at an early age and did not exceed
fifteen years old, when he said:
Oh my obsession, I put all my hope in you
God is aware of my obsession, and what is coming.
These verses took a lot of thought and contemplation from me, and ignited the first spark of poetry in the human child, Manea bin Saleh bin Jallab Al-Yami.
• How was your actual poetic beginning?
•• My actual beginning was when I was a student at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, and I lived inside the dormitory, and students of the dormitory used to gather in my room to listen to my poems, record them, and exchange them for publishing them inside the university, until my poems reached the professors and doctors of the university, so one of the university professors searched for me until he reached the door of my room, and he said: You are Badr al-Hazin? I said yes, and my teacher and role model was Abu Hussam Muhammad Ayed Asiri, who introduced me to the famous journalist Abd al-Rahman Buhair in Al-Riyadiah newspaper, the page “Sideburns at Night”, which is one of the most famous pages of popular poetry – at that time – at the level of the Arab Gulf, and the Almighty Abdul Rahman Buhair adopted me. My poems began to be published exclusively on the “Sawalves Night” page in 1992 under the name “Badr Al-Hazin”.
After that, I moved to the university’s external residence, and started working in the office of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as an editor, preparer, and writer, under the supervision of the Kuwaiti journalist and poet Hammoud Al-Baghili, and the editor-in-chief, Muhammad Jassim Al-Saqer, from 1993 to 2001. It was a new stage in the space of media, poetry, and fame.
• What is the secret of writing under the pseudonym "Badr Al-Hazin"?
•• Badr al-Hazin is not just a compound name, it is a story that died before it was born, the sun has set and the full moon is sad. In short, it is a mixture of wishes, dreams and broken feelings.
• Who are the most prominent poetic names that accompanied you on the craft's journey in the early nineties?
•• I was accompanied by several names that shaped the poetic taste in the Arab Gulf at the time. I mention among them, for example but not limited to, my brothers and friends, the poets Suleiman Al-Manea, Hammoud Al-Baghili, Badr Al-Hamad, Muhanna Al-Shaibani, Nayef Saqr, Khaled Al-Khalidi, Nayef Al-Juhani, Talal Al-Rasheed, and Musaed. Al-Rashidi (may God have mercy on them both).
Among the female poets, Tanhat, we find Rima bint Abdullah, and Faten Abdulaziz, while keeping titles for all.
All of them are male and female poets who were considered brilliant names in the mid-eighties and nineties that contributed to shaping the identity of Gulf poetry.
• I reached the top and then suddenly stopped. What do you explain that?
•• Destiny takes us where it wants. After I graduated from university, I tried to look for a job officially and start a family, but the days took a lot from us and I was forced to move away from journalism and poetry at the time.
to arrange my papers.
• Sadness is present in your poems, so can we know what is behind this sad tune?
•• The poem of sadness and its poet is a mythical river in which there is no water, and it is a song immortalized in history and transmitted by generations.
She is good at undoing buried wounds and immortalizing fleeting moments of joy.
• Who are the closest poets to your heart?
•• The close ones are many of those with whom I gathered fellowship, companionship and beautiful days, but the troublemaker, the poet Suleiman Al-Mana, remains the closest friend.
• Did those you trusted let you down?
A: Yes, everyone dealt with them with credibility and spontaneity, and they let me down and denied me.
• You are interested in literature and history other than your interest in poetry. Tell us about this experience.
•• I am the son of a civilization that is more than four thousand years old. I am the son of Al-Ukhdood, Raqamat and Najran. I graduated from King Abdulaziz University, Department of History, and I devoted part of my time to this love. I hope that my research and studies will see the light soon.
• What do you think of women's poetry, then and now?
•• Women's poetry recorded a strong presence in the eighties and nineties, and everyone dealt with it in an elegant way, and there were strong female names that compete with male names, and today women's poetry is present, but the multiplicity of media platforms weakened the presence of poetry and distracted the recipient.
• How do you see the future of media and poetry in the next stage?
•• The media has become an expanding and undefined space, as it has been liberated from its previous restrictions, so that we can live today in the era of media with its new technology and a prosperous future. Unfortunately, poetry is in a frightening decline, as it has lost much of its value and dominance due to the large number of programs and platforms that have made poetry lose its identity.
• Do you sell your poems?
•• No, of course, feelings and feelings are not bought or sold.
• Do you remember your first poem that was not published until today?
A: Yes, it was a “apostasy” between me and my father (may God have mercy on him), including:
Oh, you see longing tired me and Anani
I wish he who cursed me with longing would know it.
What is the poem that you always repeat?
The poem “Some Embers”, including:
Yes Vinnie on your saying embers they and embers Ashjan
And if the embers are all wanted, they are all a community in me
I was born with my longing inside me traveling to the sky and han
I was born shackled what his love shackles and folds me
I love to write my poem, the glory of a shiver formulated by conscience
With the light of the sun, I would write it if the sun was my formation.
• What are the most famous poems of the poet Badr Al-Hazin?
•• It is difficult to define it, but the poem “The Grapes of Sorrow” is one of the most famous, including:
Tired, my friend, the world, tired, my friend
Tired even tired aspirations in the page of my book
The wonders of our whole time and they are in the name of pleasant wishes
My Basmati deprived me, and today my wound is the color of my clothes.
• You are good and famous for writing the traditional color of Zamil. What is the most famous Zamil of yours that has been repeated a lot?
•• Zamil, “Ya Saba”, which has become a popular song that has been chanted in all occasions and forums for more than 40 years.
• To whom do you say sorry?
For my heart:
I'm sorry and I don't feel sorry for you, sorry for the offended
On the loyal heart that calms you longing warm.
• To whom do you say thank you?
•• I say thank you to all the honorable and loyal free people who stood with Manea Jallab, and supported his return to media and poetry through the “Twitter” platform to document my poems and meet my loved ones and my fans. Thank you to everyone who kept a part of me, memorized my poems and repeated them throughout the 40-year journey.
• What is your future plan?
•• After my book “Mashouqat al-Qamra” was published, I stopped documenting my poems because of my preoccupation with media work and for reasons that I went through at one stage. On the Twitter platform, and perhaps I will publish my second book if circumstances and time allow me.
• To whom do you direct your advice?
•• My advice to every poet, media person, and celebrity is to take advantage of his glowing period, strengthen his relationships, and build his future, because
The days are running fast, and suddenly his star will fall, and he will find himself in the middle of the road.
• What do you say in your last speech during this meeting?
I say these verses:
Life remains sweet, Madam God is generous
Shake off the dust of sadness from your mind that does not suffocate it
He creates relief with distress, a Lord who is merciful to His creation
After evening and night, a bright sun will answer
There must be no rain, as long as there is a breeze and clouds
Dawn must not come despite the suffocating nights.
His interview: Hamad Al Kulaib, Alkuleeb2030