He is considered one of the poets who lost their stability in an ignorant society that was characterized by the absence of social justice.

He is the poet, the tramp, Thabit bin Jaber Al-Fahmi, nicknamed Bitabt Shara, from the people of Tihama and the Hijaz. He grew up an orphan, suffering from the bitterness of poverty. His mother married Abi Kabir Al-Hudhali after his father’s death, so he tried to kill him at the behest of his mother, but he failed.

As for the reason for his name, it goes back to many narrations, including that he killed an ogre and put it under his armpit and walked with it to his tribe, and it was said: He was afflicted with evil, and among the narrations is that his mother asked him to bring her something, so he brought snakes after catching them and putting them in a sack, embracing it.

It was also said that whenever he went out to battle, he put his sword under his armpit, and he has many stories that tell of his courage:

So I and the ghoul became my neighbor. O my neighbor, you are not inhabited.

So whoever asks where my neighbor is staying, she has a home in Al-Liwa

And if I wanted to intend, and I would be more careful if I said that I would act

He lived in the wilderness and ignorance of the land, embraced by poverty, homelessness and rebellion, believing that the right can only be taken by force, and there is no way to preserve its continuity and impose its existence except by looting. He is the one who broke the law of the pre-Islamic tribe and society by revolting against its custom.

revolution of poetry

In addition to shedding and arrogance, he practiced the evil of poetry, and separated from the circle of imitation in the poem, so his revolution with the brats of his era was not limited to the tribal community that did not do justice to them, but rather went beyond that to reach the poem that was adopting an approach that poets did not deviate from, so his poem came in conflict with Pre-Islamic reality forms worlds of homelessness, self-affirmation, hope, despair, hunger and dignity, to erupt a revolution of poetry.

He rebelled against the life that was harsh on him, so he complained about it with a poetic structure in which he broke the norm, moving away from the formal approach and praising the princes and tribal leaders.

His poetry revealed deep feelings that created an atmosphere that contradicted his personality.

In his favorite poem, he mentions the qualities of the true companion he seeks, who combines wisdom, leadership and experience in one personality.

His poetry was dominated by the use of strange, coarse vocabulary, due to the harshness of the life he lived.

He was also famous for his speed, and it was said that he was the enemy with two legs, two legs, and two eyes.

He boasted and exaggerated his speed.

Tabat Sharra died more than 1400 years ago, and the date and cause of his death differed. Some of them mentioned that he was bitten by a snake, or killed by an arrow, but he did not leave his era except when he chronicled it with honest realism.