Abstract
The poetry of complaint expanded in the seventh century of the Hijra due to the deteriorating social, economic, and political conditions that people experienced during the late Abbasid rule and the onset of Mongol and Crusader invasions of large parts of the Islamic state. It was natural for all these events to reflect on the psyches of poets and subsequently on their poetry, as they serve as the voice of their community, depicting its suffering from these events. Complaint is a means that helps individuals express the hidden sorrows of their hearts and the pains they endure, in a sincere manner, stemming from a genuine experience where there is no room for flattery or time to choose words. It is an immediate reaction to the personal concerns that the poet suffers from, which they alleviate by sharing with others, achieving a sense of catharsis that brings them psychological comfort.The research is structured into an introduction and four sections. The introduction defines the concept of "self-complaint poetry." The first section is dedicated to complaints about illness, the second to complaints about aging and gray hair, the third to complaints about time, and the fourth to complaints about the loss of loved ones.
