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The qaṣīdaᵗ (also spelled qaṣīda; in Arabic: قصيدة plural qasā’id قــصــائـد; in Persian: قصیده or چكامه chakameh in Turkish: kaside) is a form of lyric poetry that originated in preIslamic Arabia. Well known qasā’id include the Qasida Burda (Poem of the Mantle) by Imam al-Busiri and Ibn Arabi’s classic collection The Interpreter of Desires.The classic form of qasida maintains a single elaborate metre throughout the poem and every line rhymes.