Modern Arabic Poetry: An AnthologySalma Khadra Jayyusi Columbia University Press, 1987 - 498 pages After centuries of oppressive Ottoman rule, the Arab world began to find new vitality and freedom in the twentieth century. The accompanying resurgence of creative expression is splendidly reflected in this definitive anthology of contemporary Arabic poetry, which spans the modern Arab world from the turn of the century to the present, from the Arab Gulf to Morocco. The editor, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, a renowned expert on modern Arabic literature, presents a through introduction to the works of more than ninety Arab poets. To create the best possible English translation, each selection has been translated first by a bilingual expert and then by an English-language poet, who creatively renders it into idiomatic English. |
Table des matières
Ilya Abu Madi | 45 |
Ilyas Abu Shabaka | 52 |
MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOUR EYES | 58 |
BEAUTY | 64 |
MY BURNED SUIT | 70 |
EVENING | 83 |
THE ABYSS OF DEATH | 96 |
Ahmad Shauqi | 100 |
ON VISITING THE M D ANDERSON | 283 |
THE WAYFARERS | 296 |
FROM THE THRESHOLD TO THE SKY | 310 |
Sami Mahdi | 312 |
BIRTH | 321 |
Nazik alMalaika | 329 |
SONG FOR THE MOON | 336 |
Abd alAziz alMaqalib | 342 |
Hasan Abdallah | 113 |
THE SUN AND THE WOMAN | 126 |
BEGINNING SPEECH | 139 |
Ali Jafar alAllaq | 152 |
A ROSE FROM ALMUTANABBIS BLOOD | 158 |
THE WILD GOAT | 167 |
ELEGY FOR AISHA | 176 |
Sargon Boulus | 183 |
MAN OF THE STONE CITY | 191 |
Ahmad Dabbur | 194 |
Mahmoud Darwish | 200 |
POEMS AFTER BEIRUT | 207 |
Amal Dunqul | 214 |
Muhammad alFaituri | 220 |
YOUR EYES | 227 |
Ghazi alGosaibi | 229 |
Buland alHaidari | 242 |
THE BRIDGE | 256 |
Rashid Husain | 269 |
Muhammad Afifi Matar | 349 |
THE STATUE | 355 |
Amjad Nasir | 361 |
EQUATION | 374 |
Fuad Rifqa | 388 |
Kamal Sabti | 394 |
EMANATIONS | 401 |
IS THIS ALL THAT REMAINS OF LOVE? | 407 |
Saniyya Salih | 413 |
Tawfiq Sayigh | 420 |
Badr Shakir alSayyab | 427 |
DEATH AND THE RIVER | 435 |
Ali alSharqawi | 443 |
Abdallah alTayyib | 450 |
Khalil Touma | 453 |
THE CASBAH | 466 |
Sadi Yusuf | 480 |
THEY KNOW | 486 |
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