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Author Ibn Subayyil, ʻAbd Allāh, approximately 1853-1933, author.

Title Arabian romantic : poems on bedouin life and love / ʻAbdallāh ibn Sbayyil ; edited and translated by Marcel Kurpershoek ; foreword by Annmarie Drury ; reviewed by Saad Sowayan ; volume editors, Clive Holes, Philip F. Kennedy
Published New York : New York University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series Library of Arabic literature
Contents Cover -- ARABIAN ROMANTIC -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Letter from the General Editor -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Map: Northern Central Arabia -- Note on the Text -- Notes to the Introduction -- ARABIAN ROMANTIC -- 1: God, You saved Job from his predicament -- 2: Why rejoice at their summering near our wells? -- 3: My eyes, where are the loved ones you hold so dear? -- 4: Zēd, first you smiled, now you turn away from me -- 5: Come, messenger, fetch your mount -- 6: Moralizers! Do not put my heart to the test! -- 7: Yesterday I was in throes of tears and sobs
8: Darling, if I come, mind the enemy -- 9: Lord, people bow in worship to win Your favor -- 10: I beseech You, God, and You alone -- 11: The things of this world can't be gotten by mere tricks -- 12: I supplicate You to smooth my path, God -- 13: I can't blame a soul who abstains from food -- 14.1: Rider who sets out with nine hundred mounts (Fayḥān ibn Zirībān) -- 14.2: Rider setting out on Ṣayʿar camel mount -- 15: If you drink to lift your spirits, connoisseur -- 16.1: Rider of camels at breakneck speed (Fayḥān ibn Zirībān) -- 16.2: When clouds roll in, the rain starts with a drizzle
17.1: May God whiten the face of Ṭāmi ibn Gidrān (Masʿūd Āl Masʿūd) -- 17.2: Riders of smooth, fast camels -- 18: Almighty God! My heart is pulled from its roots -- 19: Separation tore us apart and left me wistful with desire -- 20: God help me with this flood of tears -- 21: Servant of God, weigh your thoughts with care -- 22: My heart strains like a small herd of camels -- 23: First, the name of God in all of the world's affairs -- 24: Dhʿār, in the full year that has passed today -- 25: I sing these verses, warbling on a high dune -- 26: Poor heart abandoned by its wits
27.1: Pity eyelids that do not close at night (Ibn Zirībān) -- 27.2: Camel rider with ten mounts chosen for speed -- 28: A sudden shock upset me, slashed my insides -- 29: My heart is being bent like a bow by a craftsman -- 30: Hey Sinʿūs, what is this leisurely pace! -- 31: Leave off, you players of love's game, leave off! -- 32: May it not rain on late-summer nights -- 33: My heart is wracked like the hearts of rustlers -- 34: My heart strains like camels driven hard by rustlers -- 35: Why, my eye, have you tortured me with love? -- 36: You are privy, God, to the deepest secrets
37: I climbed to the lookout, a peak marked by cairns -- 38: Blessed is the blasé heart.one that lacks for nothing -- 39: I groan like a warrior felled by a blade -- 40: As the camel train disappeared over the spur of Abānāt -- 41: Hey what's-your-name, give me the stuff that revives me -- 42.1: I moan like a man whose leg is tied with Mishānīṭ straps (Mu.awwa. Nifī) -- 42.2: The Mu.awwa. is all fakery and tawdry nonsense -- 42.3: I compose my verses to rhyme in ṭāʿ (Muṭawwaʿ Nifī) -- 42.4: Mu.awwa., may your deepest secret be exposed -- 42.5: What now, little fat-assed .Abdallah (Muṭawwaʿ Nifī)
Summary "Scenes from Arabian life at the turn of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Middle Eastern poetry.
POETRY / Middle Eastern.
Middle Eastern poetry
Form Electronic book
Author Kurpershoek, P. M., translator
Drury, Annmarie, author of foreword
Sowayan, Saad Abdullah, editor
LC no. 2020016670
ISBN 9781479804429
1479804428
9781479804382
147980438X
Other Titles Poems. Selections. English