BaghdadHarvard University Press, 18 nov 2013 - 378 pagina's Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's enduring metropolises. This unusual anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets--most for the first time in English--from Baghdad's founding in the eighth century to the present day. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Muti ibn Iyas | 53 |
Abd Allah ibn alMubarak The Pious Ascetic in Baghdad | 55 |
Anon Paradise Lost | 56 |
Anon House of Calamity | 57 |
Anon Mens Souls Are Sick | 58 |
Anon I Am Leaving | 59 |
Anon Mean as They Are | 60 |
Muhyi alDin ibn alArabi
| 151 |
Majd alDin Husayn ibn alDawami Earthquake | 153 |
alMajd alNashabi Turning a Childs Hair White | 154 |
Taqi alDin ibn Abi alYusr Burned to Ashes | 155 |
Sadi Shirazi A Bird in a Falcons Grip | 156 |
Shams alDin Muhammad ibn Abd Allah alKufi Kings and Slaves | 159 |
Shams alDin Mahmud ibn Ahmad alHashimialHanafi
| 160 |
Abu alKhayr Abd alRahman Zayn alDinalSuwaydi Tears and Weeping | 166 |
Anon Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies | 61 |
Anon Comparison | 62 |
Anon Never Again | 63 |
alAbbas ibn alAhnaf
| 64 |
Harun alRashid I Will Not Forgive Myself | 66 |
Shamsa eigth century Separation | 67 |
Anon I Weep Blood | 68 |
Anon Compulsory Pilgrimage | 70 |
Mansur alNamari Breeze | 71 |
Ashja alSulami Palaces | 72 |
Abu Nuwas alHasan ibn Hani alHakami
| 73 |
Inan eigth century Plowing | 76 |
Amr ibn Abd alMalik alWarraq ?815 | 77 |
Tahir ibn alHusayn alKhuzai Your Night Oh Baghdad | 80 |
Ali ibn Jabala alAnsari known as alAkawwak Exile | 81 |
Ishaq alKhuraymi ?829 Elegy | 82 |
Ishaq alMawsili Weeping | 86 |
AlHusayn ibn alDahhak 778870 | 87 |
Abd Allah ibn Tahir 798844 The Wailing Pigeon | 90 |
Umara ibn Aqil 798853 | 92 |
Ali ibn alJahm
| 95 |
Abd Allah ibn Muhammad alBafi Communion | 101 |
Ibn Dust Tuesday
| 102 |
Abu Muhammad alHasan ibn Ahmad alBrujardi Tuesday Is for Plea sure | 103 |
alWalid ibn Ubayd Allah alBuhturi Desire between Ribs
| 104 |
Ibn alRumi
| 105 |
Adam ibn Abd alAziz alUmawi Deprived of Sleep | 110 |
Abu alAliya The Hand of Generosity Is Crippled | 111 |
Ali ibn Abi Hashim Builders Build for Ruins | 112 |
Abd Allah ibn alMutazz
| 113 |
Muhammad ibn Dawud alIsfahani Pain of Skinning | 116 |
Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Tahir Could a Lover Leave? | 117 |
Ali ibn alHusayn alWasiti Temple for the Hearts | 118 |
alHusayn ibn Mansur alHallaj
| 119 |
Abu Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Nift awayhi Perpetual Rain | 121 |
Anon Only Death | 122 |
Anon The Breast Beater
| 123 |
Ibn alTammar alWasiti Golden Bridge | 124 |
Ali ibn Muhammad alTanukhi Moon and River | 125 |
Mansur ibn Kayaghlagh Moon | 126 |
Abu Ishaq alSabi Basra and Baghdad | 127 |
Abu alHasan Ali ibn Abd alAziz alJurjani
| 128 |
alSharif alRadi Camels Saliva | 130 |
alTahir ibn alMuzaff ar ibn Tahir alKhazin Sweeter than Wine | 131 |
Ali ibn alFaraj alShafi i Elephants on Mercury | 132 |
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah alSalami Busy Square | 133 |
Madan alTaghlibi Promised Land | 134 |
Abu Sad Muhmmad ibn Ali ibn KhalafalNayramani I Am Your Ransom | 135 |
Ali ibn Zurayq Abu alHasan alBaghdadi
| 137 |
Abu Muhammad Abd alWahhab alMaliki
| 140 |
alSharif alMurtada Gazelle | 142 |
Abu alAla alMaarri
| 143 |
Abu alMaali Bearded Boy | 147 |
Abu alFadl ibn Muhammad alKhazin alKatib
| 148 |
Usama ibn Munqidh Scales of Justice | 149 |
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumaya alBaghdadi The How Are You? People | 150 |
Abd alGhani alJamil
| 167 |
Shihab alDin Abu alTh ana Mahmud alAlusi Longing and Craving | 171 |
Abd alGhaff ar alAkhras alMawsili Peace Be with Baghdad | 173 |
Radi alQazwini Baghdad and Tibriz | 174 |
Abd alHamid alShawi I Remember Baghdad | 175 |
Ahmad alShawi
| 177 |
Jamil Sidqi alZahawi
| 179 |
Ahmad Shawqi Baghdad and Rome | 182 |
Hafiz Ibrahim Tenderness and Gentleness
| 183 |
Maruf alRusafi
| 184 |
Oh Lover of the Orient | 187 |
Iliyya Abu Madi When Fate Came Knocking | 189 |
Anwar Shaul
| 190 |
Murad Michael Oh My Fatherland Excerpts | 192 |
Mir Basri Oh Friends of Life | 194 |
Mishil Haddad The Books | 196 |
Nizar Qabbani
| 197 |
Nazik alMalaika The Passionate River | 201 |
Ibrahim Ovadia A Guest in Tehran | 203 |
Ali Sidqi Abd alQadir Baghdad and the Black Eyes | 205 |
Badr Shakir alSayyab
| 207 |
Buland alHaydari | 211 |
Abd alWahhab alBayyati | 218 |
Shadhil Taqa And When We Took Over Her | 225 |
Adonis | 226 |
Muhammad Jamil Shalash Baghdad and Dawn | 244 |
Salah Abd alSabur The Tatars Have Attacked | 247 |
Sadi Yusuf | 249 |
Ahmad Abd alMuti Hijazi A Poem for Baghdad | 253 |
Sadiq alSaigh This Is Baghdad Excerpts | 255 |
Samih alQasim Baghdad Excerpts | 259 |
Fadil alAzzawi | 261 |
Sami Mahdi Ruins | 266 |
May Muzaffar The City | 267 |
Mahmud Darwish Iraqs Night Is Long | 268 |
Suad alSabah | 270 |
Sharif alRubayi Harun alRashid | 271 |
Abdul Kader El Janabi | 279 |
Faruq Juwayda Baghdad Dont Be in Pain Excerpts | 285 |
Ali Jafar alAllaq Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn ZurayqalBaghdadi | 287 |
Abd alRahman Touhmazi What Do You Want? | 289 |
Bushra alBustani A Sorrowful Melody | 291 |
Ronny Someck | 292 |
Wafa Abd alRazzaq The River | 294 |
Ahlam Mustaghanimi Baghdads Date Palms Apologize to You | 295 |
Ibrahim Zaydan and Qays Majid alMawla A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half | 297 |
Abid Ali alRammahi Baghdad Sing | 300 |
Sinan Antoon | 302 |
Dalya Riyad | 306 |
Manal alShaykh Baghdad | 308 |
Afterword by Abdul Kader El Janabi | 309 |
References | 315 |
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