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Arabian romantic : poems on bedouin life and love /
Love poems from late nineteenth-century Arabia Arabian Romantic captures what it was like to live in central Arabia before the imposition of austere norms by the Wahhabi authorities in the early twentieth century: tales of robbery and hot pursuit; perilous desert crossings; scenes of exhaustion and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Intro; Letter from the General Editor; Introduction; Map: Northern Central Arabia; A 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 alone11: 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 a Ṣayʻar 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 (Masʻūd Āl Masʻūd); 17.2: Riders of smooth, fast camels
- 18: Almighty God! My heart is pulled from its roots19: 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: Dhʻār, 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 insides29: My heart is being bent like a bow by a craftsman; 30: Hey Sinʻūs, 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 cairn; 38: Blessed is the blasé heart--one that lacks for nothing
- 39: I groan like a warrior felled by a blade40: 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 (Muṭawwaʻ Nifī); 42.2: The Muṭawwaʻ is all fakery and tawdry nonsense; 42.3: I compose my verses to rhyme in ṭāʼ (Muṭawwaʻ Nifī); 42.4: Muṭawwaʻ, may your deepest secret be exposed; 42.5: What now, little fat-assed ʻAbdallah (Muṭawwaʻ Nifī); 42.6: Dghēlīb offered a price for Muṭawwaʻ's mortar (Muṭawwaʻ Nifī); 42.7: Riders on camels, gray from grueling marches