LEADER 13649nam 22006011 450 001 9910813887203321 005 20230803033123.0 010 $a0-674-72778-9 010 $a0-674-72648-0 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726482 035 $a(CKB)3710000000054900 035 $a(EBL)3301360 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047343 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11577473 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047343 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11176486 035 $a(PQKB)11122809 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301360 035 $a(DE-B1597)213451 035 $a(OCoLC)961529184 035 $a(OCoLC)979684092 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726482 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301360 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10791325 035 $a(OCoLC)862812858 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000054900 100 $a20130418d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBaghdad $ethe city in verse /$ftranslated and edited by Reuven Snir ; foreword by Roger Allen ; afterword by Abdul Kader El Janabi 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aSelected poems from the early classical period through the 20th century. 311 $a0-674-72521-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tTranslator's Note --$tIntroduction --$tMuti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Stars Whirling in the Dark] --$tMuti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Raindrops of Dust] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak (736- 97): [The Pious Ascetic in Baghdad] --$tAnon.: [Paradise Lost] --$tAnon.: [House of Calamity] --$tAnon.: [Men's Souls Are Sick] --$tAnon.: [I Am Leaving] --$tAnon.: [Mean as They Are] --$tAnon.: [Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies] --$tAnon.: [Comparison] --$tAnon.: [Never Again] --$tal-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [Oh Sun of Baghdad!] --$tal-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [From Harun al-Rashid's Mouth] --$tal-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: [The Eye's Greatest Delight] --$tHarun al-Rashid (763- 809): [I Will Not Forgive Myself] --$tShamsa (eighth century): [Separation] --$tAnon.: [I Weep Blood ] --$tAnon.: [Compulsory Pilgrimage] --$tMansur al-Namari: (?- 809) [Breeze] --$tAshja' al-Sulami: (?- 810) [Palaces] --$tAbu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami) (747- 62-813-15): [Pilgrimage] --$tAbu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [Ships] --$tAbu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [April Morning] --$t'Inan (eighth century): [Plowing] --$t'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [An Evil Eye] --$t'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [Disgrace] --$tTahir ibn al- Husayn al- Khuza'i (776- 822): [Your Night, Oh Baghdad] --$t'Ali ibn Jabala al- Ansari (known as al-'Akawwak) (776- 828): [Exile] --$tIshaq al- Khuraymi (?- 829): [Elegy] --$tIshaq al- Mawsili (767- 850): [Weeping] --$tAl-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Only Sorrow] --$tAl-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Their Veils Were Torn] --$t'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (798- 844): [The Wailing Pigeon] --$t'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Dung] --$t'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Tranquil Abode] --$t'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Nothing Is Like Baghdad] --$t'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Does' Eyes] --$t'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [At al-Karkh's Gate] --$t'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Ceaseless Rain] --$t'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Bafi (?- 893): [Communion] --$tIbn Dust (ninth century): [Tuesday] --$tAbu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Brujardi (ninth century): [Tuesday Is for Pleasure] --$tal-Walid ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Buhturi (820- 97): [Desire between Ribs] --$tIbn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Tuesday Is Not Only Tuesday] --$tIbn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Imagination] --$tIbn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Wahid, the Singer] --$tIbn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Red- Dyed Finger] --$tAdam ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Umawi (ninth century): [Deprived of Sleep] --$tAbu al-'Aliya (ninth century): [The Hand of Generosity Is Crippled] --$t'Ali ibn Abi Hashim (tenth century): [Builders Build for Ruins] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [The Traces of Her Bite] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Squeezed by an Old Woman] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Thick Smoke] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Waistbands] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [White Roses] --$t'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Full of Blood] --$tMuhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (868- 909): [Pain of Skinning] --$t'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (?- 913): [Could a Lover Leave?] --$t'Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Wasiti (?- 919): [Temple for the Hearts] --$tal-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Tell the Gazelle] --$tal-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Ordained by Christ] --$tal-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [I Am Whom I Love] --$tal-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [States] --$tAbu 'Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Niftawayhi (858- 935): [Perpetual Rain] --$tAnon. (tenth century): [Only Death] --$tAnon. (tenth century): [The Breast Beater] --$tIbn al-Tammar al-Wasiti (tenth century): [Golden Bridge] --$t'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi (892- 953): [Moon and River] --$tMansur ibn Kayaghlagh (?- 960): [Moon] --$tAbu Ishaq al-Sabi (925- 94): [Basra and Baghdad] --$tAbu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Garments of Mourning] --$tAbu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Downpour of Tears] --$tal-Sharif al-Radi (930-77): [Camels' Saliva] --$tal-Tahir ibn al-Muzaff ar ibn Tahir al-Khazin (tenth century?): [Sweeter than Wine] --$t'Ali ibn al-Faraj al-Shafi 'i (tenth century?): [Elephants on Mercury] --$tMuhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Salami (947-1002): [Busy Square] --$tMa'dan al-Taghlibi (eleventh century): [Promised Land] --$tAbu Sa'd Muhmmad ibn 'Ali ibn Khalaf al-Nayramani (?-1023): [I Am Your Ransom] --$t'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Moon over Baghdad] --$t'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Baghdad's People] --$tAbu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Baghdad's Air] --$tAbu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [A Qur'an in an Unbeliever's House] --$tAbu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Like a Friend] --$tal-Sharif al-Murtada (965-1044): [Gazelle] --$tAbu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Love] --$tAbu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Farewell] --$tAbu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Sadness] --$tAbu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Deserted Beloved] --$tAbu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Oh Treasurer!] --$tAbu al- Ma'ali (1028-85): [Bearded Boy] --$tAbu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): ['Antar and 'Abla] --$tAbu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): [No Nobleman in the Valley] --$tUsama ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): [Scales of Justice] --$tMuhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumay'a al-Baghdadi (thirteenth century): [The "How Are You?" People] --$tMuhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [Melancholic Dove] --$tMuhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [The Most Beloved City] --$tMajd al-Din Husayn ibn al-Dawami (thirteenth century): [Earthquake] --$tal-Majd al-Nashabi (?- 1259): [Turning a Child's Hair White] --$tTaqi al-Din ibn Abi al-Yusr (1193- 1273): [Burned to Ashes] --$tSa'di Shirazi (1219-94): [A Bird in a Falcon's Grip] --$tShams al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Kufi (1226-76): [Kings and Slaves] --$tShams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Stars to Be Followed] --$tShams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Vow of Fidelity] --$tAbu al-Khayr 'Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Din al-Suwaydi (1722-86): [Tears and Weeping] --$t'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Complaint] --$t'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Inner Storm] --$t'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Once Glory Nested Here] --$tShihab al-Din Abu al-Thana' Mahmud al-Alusi (1803-54): [Longing and Craving] --$t'Abd al-Ghaff ar al-Akhras al-Mawsili (1805-72): [Peace Be with Baghdad] --$tRadi al-Qazwini (1819-68): [Baghdad and Tibriz] --$t'Abd al-Hamid al-Shawi (1828-98): [I Remember Baghdad] --$tAhmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Memory] --$tAhmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Leaders] --$tJamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Baghdad Days] --$tJamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Behind Bars] --$tJamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Migration] --$tAhmad Shawqi (1868-1932): [Baghdad and Rome] --$tHafiz Ibrahim (1871-1932): [Tenderness and Gentleness] --$tMa'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Bridge] --$tMa'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Flood] --$tMa'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): Oh Lover of the Orient! --$tIliyya Abu Madi (1889-1957): When Fate Came Knocking --$tAnwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Happy in Baghdad] --$tAnwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Love of the Arabs] --$tMurad Michael (1906-86): Oh My Fatherland! (Excerpts) --$tMir Basri (1911-2006): [Oh Friends of Life!] --$tMishil Haddad (1919-96): The Books --$tNizar Qabbani (1923-98): A Baghdadi Song --$tNizar Qabbani (1923-98): Glory to the Long Plaits --$tNazik al-Mala'ika (1923-2007): The Passionate River --$tIbrahim Ovadia (1924-2006): A Guest in Tehran --$t'Ali Sidqi 'Abd al-Qadir (1924-2008): Baghdad and the Black Eyes --$tBadr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Death the Fox --$tBadr Shakir al-Sayyab 327 $t(1926-64): Brothel --$tBadr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Because I Am a Stranger --$tBuland al-Haydari (1926-96): On the Way of Exile from Baghdad --$tBuland al-Haydari (1926-96): The City That Was Lost because of Her Silence --$tBuland al-Haydari (1926-96): Apology --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Sigh in Baghdad --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): The City --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): An Elegy to an Unborn City --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Words on al-Sayyab's Tomb --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Profile of a City --$t'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: Impossible Love --$tShadhil Taqa (1929-74): And When We Took Over Her --$tAdonis (1930-): Elegy for al-Hallaj --$tAdonis (1930-): Poetry Presses Her Lips to Baghdad's Breast (Baghdad 1969) --$tAdonis (1930-): Salute to Baghdad --$tAdonis (1930-): [Time Crushes into Baghdad's Body] --$tMuhammad Jamil Shalash (1930-): Baghdad and Dawn --$tSalah 'Abd al-Sabur (1931-81): The Tatars Have Attacked --$tSa'di Yusuf (1934-): The New Baghdad --$tSa'di Yusuf (1934-): Solitude --$tSa'di Yusuf (1934-): Baghdad --$tSa'di Yusuf (1934-): The Spoliation --$tAhmad 'Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi (1935-): A Poem for Baghdad --$tSadiq al-Sa'igh (1938-): This Is Baghdad . . . (Excerpts) --$tSamih al-Qasim (1939-): Baghdad . . . (Excerpts) --$tFadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Mr. Edward Luka's Profession --$tFadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): In Baghdad's Night --$tFadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): The Ten New Commandments --$tFadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Forgotten Maps --$tSami Mahdi (1940-): Ruins --$tMay Muzaffar (1940-): The City --$tMahmud Darwish (1941-2008): Iraq's Night Is Long --$tSu'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Hulagu --$tSu'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Below Zero --$tSharif al-Rubay'i (1943-97): Harun al-Rashid --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): In the Garden of Sa'di Shirazi (When He Was in Prison) --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu Praises Himself --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): There --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hangman --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): I Have Come to You from There --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu (New Series) --$tSargon Boulus (1944-2007): An Elegy for al-Sindibad Cinema --$tAbdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): One Day We Will Have a History --$tAbdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): The Immigrants of the Interior --$tAbdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): What a Moment Is That --$tAbdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): Bildung --$tIn Baghdad, Where My Past Generation Would Be --$tFaruq Juwayda (1945-): Baghdad, Don't Be in Pain! (Excerpts) --$t'Ali Ja'far al-'Allaq (1945-): Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi --$t'Abd al-Rahman Touhmazi (1946-): What Do You Want? --$tBushra al-Bustani (1950-): A Sorrowful Melody --$tRonny Someck (1951-): Baghdad, February 1991 --$tRonny Someck (1951-): The Shaving Razor That Cut the Metaphor of Poetry --$tRonny Someck (1951-): A Personal Note on the Margin of a Renewal Form for an Iraqi Passport --$tWafa' 'Abd al-Razzaq (1952-): The River --$tAhlam Mustaghanimi (1953-): [Baghdad's Date Palms Apologize to You] --$tIbrahim Zaydan (1960-) and Qays Majid al-Mawla (196?-): A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half --$t'Abid 'Ali al-Rammahi (1967-): Baghdad, Sing! --$tSinan Antoon (1967-): A Letter to al-Mutanabbi (Street) --$tSinan Antoon (1967-): The Milky Way --$tSinan Antoon (1967-): Illumination --$tSinan Antoon (1967-): Wars --$tDalya Riyad (1970-): The Myth of the Tigris and Euphrates --$tDalya Riyad (1970-): Roadmap --$tManal al-Shaykh (1971-): Baghdad --$tAfterword: Being a Baghdadi Poet: A Testimony /$rEl Janabi, Abdul Kader --$tReferences --$tIndex of Poets --$tIndex of Titles 330 $aBaghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's enduring metropolises. 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