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This bilingual anthology presents the best of Arabic classical poetry's musings over the many faceted states of the human condition, among them love, generosity, life, time, youth, beauty, ecstasy, longing, wine, death, and plenty more. Mansour Ajami's selection of topical verses and poems is guided by what was deemed best in its genre by the consensus of the great classical Arab literary critics and theoreticians.
Price: £85.00
Pages: 160
Publisher: Gerlach Press
Imprint: Gerlach Press
Publication Date:
30 June 2016
ISBN: 9783940924742
Format: Hardcover
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Foreword by Sadik J. Al-Azm
Introduction
On Generosity
On Life
On Time and Days
On Gray Hair and Youth
On The Length of a Lover’s Night
On Love-Induced Emaciation
On Love
On Soul-Melting Love
On Sufi Love
On the Phantom of the Beloved
On Wine and Drinking
On Beauty
On Soft Skin
On Eyes and Tears
Carpe Diem
On Poetry and Meaning
On Grief
On Awe
On Separation
On Jealousy
On Homeleaving
On Longing for First Love, First Home
On Noble Descent
On Transcendent Qualities
On Death Transformed
On Battle, Battle$elds, and Swords
On Flora, Fauna, and Nature
On Physical Attributes
Hyperbolic Miscellany
Bibliography