Arabic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Usually poetry is gay. But gay is not a thing in arab. Good stuff.

Excellent

One of the reasons I chose this book, was my interest in the great Islamic writers from Al-Andalus prior to the 10th century. It did not disappoint me in this regard. In addition, i came to understand how other writers illustrated their thoughts by using metaphors and symbolism in life's trials of love and capitulation. Abu-Al-quasim Al Shabbi from Tunisia, an early 20th century writer penned "The Will of Life," a poem about tyranny and oppression was one such writer whom intrigued my intellect. As such, I would suggest this collection of poems as a gateway to research and understand the many known Arabic writers which span both time and location.

Some translations are extremely bad. it's not clear who is the translator of each poem, you need to dig through the small font in the acknowledgements to figure out some of them. also the arrangement of the collection is not clear enough, you have to flip back and forth to figure out who wrote the poem. the font cannot be small enough.

The poems are from an ensemble of poets ranging from the pre Islamic to modern era. Such an aesthetically pleasing book. Everything is perfect, the cover, the size of the book, the font size. It was perfect considering what I was looking for. Good for people learning Arabic

fantastic quality, size, font, everything really! love love love. It has vocals as well so you can wonderfully practice both your arabic reading skills and amplify your arabic vocabulary! real treat. thank you

Such a nice edition and lovely poems! Highly recommend.

What a beautiful book. I loved reading it. So good to hear words and thoughts spoken from another land.

Hate that in the description the author mentioned “peoms from Morocco to Iraq” completely excluding the Arabian Peninsula where the whole Arabic language came from and most famous historical peots were from. Then they proceeds to mention Antara Bin Shadad and Qays and Layla who are literally from Najd (central Saudi Arabia) Kinda sad to see our land being excluded when Islam and Arabic started in it. Anyway, I didn’t expect the hook to be so small even smaller than my palm, it wasn’t that worth what I payed for honestly but I still like the idea of historical and semi-modern Arabic poems being compacted and translated