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An anthology of modern Arabic poetry
English, Arabic
- GenresPoetryMiddle East
252 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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November 2, 2018
"Live with me, nourish me
Fill my soul with fire
And pulse through my veins."
- Harun Hashim al Rashid
"What are we doing with our love,
When our eyes and our mouth are full of frost and dust ?"
- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, from “In The Deserts Of Exile”
"We are like children who weep when the star hides behind the cloud."
- Lewis ‘Awad, from “Kiriyalayson”
"If only we
If only
If only we, and the cruelty of “if only”
O my enchantress if we prefaced our words with wishes
But we
O the cruelty of “but we”."
- Ṣalāḥ ʿAbd al-Ṣabūr, from “Dreams of the Ancient Knight”
"I was a book to you, and you to me,
And on the shelf of thousand tomes."
- Tawfiq Sayigh, from “Poem 22”
"Tonight … tonight, o beloved
My eyes were with the clouds"
- Muhammad al-Fayturi, from “Sad Saturday Night”
Fill my soul with fire
And pulse through my veins."
- Harun Hashim al Rashid
"What are we doing with our love,
When our eyes and our mouth are full of frost and dust ?"
- Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, from “In The Deserts Of Exile”
"We are like children who weep when the star hides behind the cloud."
- Lewis ‘Awad, from “Kiriyalayson”
"If only we
If only
If only we, and the cruelty of “if only”
O my enchantress if we prefaced our words with wishes
But we
O the cruelty of “but we”."
- Ṣalāḥ ʿAbd al-Ṣabūr, from “Dreams of the Ancient Knight”
"I was a book to you, and you to me,
And on the shelf of thousand tomes."
- Tawfiq Sayigh, from “Poem 22”
"Tonight … tonight, o beloved
My eyes were with the clouds"
- Muhammad al-Fayturi, from “Sad Saturday Night”
May 8, 2023
Very nice collection with a variety of different styles and authors, nice translation.
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