A Spanish poet; flourished at the beginning of the eleventh century, first at Lucena, afterward at Seville. None of his poetical works has survived; and his name is known only from quotations made by poets like Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses ibn Ezra, and Judah Al-Ḥarizi. In a poem attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (compare Dukes, in "Orient," 11:267) Abun is mentioned immediately after the lexicographer Menahem ben Saruk. Moses ibn Ezra, in his "Diwan" (compare Neubauer, "Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS." No. 1972, 2:12), eulogizes his life in one poem and bewails his death in another. The eulogy, however, seems to be concerned with the man rather than with the poet. Indeed, Judah Al-Ḥarizi ("Taḥkemoni," ) classes Abun among the poets whose works have been forgotten because they were of but little interest.