Author by: Nizār Qabbānī Language: en Publisher by: Interlink Publishing Group Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 17 Total Download: 851 File Size: 48,5 Mb Description: An accomplished master of the erotic, standing among the best love poets of the world, Qabbani has asserted life and joy in the face of chaos and tragedy, paying fervent homage, sustained over five decades, to woman's grace and loveliness. As such he has been able to bring equilibrium and decorum to poetry in crisis, reviving faith in the possibility of happiness and emotional fulfillment.
Nizarian Variations of Arabic Maqam of Love (1995) تنويعات نزارية على مقام. Nizar Qabbani Poems in The Other Voices International Project.
Yet he is also moved to anger by the forces of evil around him, and the opposing poles of exaltation and rage, of agony and ecstasy, describe his unique experiment. A man of his times and of all times, he is by far the most popular poet in the Arab world. Author by: George Nicolas El-hage, Ph.d. Language: en Publisher by: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 71 Total Download: 394 File Size: 47,9 Mb Description: Nizar Qabbani is the most celebrated and popular poet in contemporary Arabic Literature.
He remains one of the most prolific and influential Avant-guard poets of Modern Arabic Poetry. His writings constitute a School of thought, a movement, a trend, that produced a large number of followers across the Arab world who tried to imitate Nizar and adopt the path that he pioneered, but none earned the fame and prestige that Qabbani achieved. Nizar started his career writing about love, romance and romantic and erotic topics. These were fiery subjects and mostly taboo at the time. He was severely criticized by the conservative establishments, but this never deterred him. His goal was to expose the injustice imposed on women, to openly discuss love and passion without shame, and to free the Arab spirit from the years of bondage in the dungeons of past traditions. His poetry later evolved into the political arena, and he wrote the most moving and effective political poetry criticizing the then current Arab regimes and exposing their failures, complacency and ultimate defeat in facing the national responsibility that they were entrusted with.
In his poetry, Nizar continued the theme of love poetry that was started by Omru' al-Qays in Pre Islamic Arabia and then popularized by the two Umayyad poets: Jamil Bin Mu 'ammar and 'Umar Bin Abi Rabi 'a. In his poetry, Nizar combined the elegance, transparency, sexuality, and piety of the three poets and brought poetry to the homes and dining tables of the millions in the Arab world who loved him and admired his poems. He wanted to make poetry like bread a daily nourishment available to every person who could read Arabic. On the other hand, when Nizar Qabbani wrote his political poetry, he was focused, critical, harsh, punitive, severe and unforgiving. He was bleeding for his nation and eulogizing its failures and defeats. When Nizar wrote about love, he dipped his plum in Jasmine and rose water. But when he wrote his political satire, he dipped his pen in blood.
This book is not about sex and seduction. This book is an existential document written by an abused woman awaiting her execution. She knew that there is 'No Exit,' yet she chose to overcome her fate and write. This is a surrealistic diary of a frustrated female pushed to her limits by the costumes, traditions, and beliefs of a rigid society that treats women as slaves and empowers men to rule over them. This nameless female, a modern Scheherazade, stood face to face against her assassin in her attempt to triumph over death by documenting her story, and consequently, the story of the millions of women who were sacrificed daily in the bedchamber of Shahrayar.
However, the frustration, anger, despair and dejection of all these women is also evident and is shared by men at the end of the book as the ' men' admit their guilt and sin that has accompanied them since the 'Age of Ignorance' in Pre-Islamic Arabia. Author by: Language: en Publisher by: Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 13 Total Download: 480 File Size: 41,8 Mb Description: AbstractThe subject of this dissertation is the life achievement of Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998). The study follows two tracks, one literary focused on the poetry and biography of the poet, and one historical focused on the concurrent political and social developments in the Arab world in the twentieth century. The two tracks contextualize and elucidate each other to form a mega-narrative of Arab life in modern times. The narrative begins by investigating the intellectual world in which Nizar grew up, continues on to examine his unique personal and familial makeup as well as the social and political context of the times, then proceeds to analyze his poetic achievement as it unfolded. In so doing, a picture emerges of the Arab experience in modern times as reflected in Nizar's own creative experience and tumultuous life.
The narrative concentrates initially on Syria, more specifically on Damascus, being the birthplace and the breeding ground where the poet's character was first shaped. But once the poet leaves on his many journeys, a wider perspective is adopted to highlight the many other influences that ultimately went into his making, reverting back to Syria insomuch as it continued to influence the poet's unfolding narrative. Although a chronological line threads through the work starting from the poet's birth in 1923 to his passing in 1998, this line is accentuated throughout the life of the poet by the many places he lived in - cities that left their distinctive mark on his consciousness and poetry. As such, the mega-narrative, much like a journey, sets a background of progressive time against a foreground of places that give meaning to the timeline. In general terms, this study views the life of Nizar Qabbani in three interrelated and overlapping stages: a sensuous period (1923-52) that can be poetically described as local, direct, masculine, confident, and joyful; a period of social responsibility (1952-1973) that can be described as mixed, confused, itinerant, transvestite (both feminine and masculine), rebellious and conformist, happy and unhappy at the same time; and an exilic period (1973-1998): committed, feminine, rebellious, esoteric, melancholic and despairing. Brakemate Mt Installations. Author by: Shmuel Moreh Language: en Publisher by: Brill Archive Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 42 Total Download: 296 File Size: 49,5 Mb Description: 'The purpose of this book is to trace the development of the differing forms employed in various liteary movements in modern Arabic poetry. This development seems to me the most important elemment in the understanding of the contemporary revolution in Arabic poetry.
Moreover, this revolution is considered to be the first in the history of Arabic poetry in which the influence of foreign literature has been such that it las almost completely cut off modervn Arabic poetry from its classical heritage.' From Introduction.
I love his poems. Both English and Arabic version. Not just love them, I'm in love. I was/still am struggling with the arab part but I've learned that they didn't lose meaning when translated in English. Though in Arabic it's more intense, but because it's hard the English is really helpful and both made perfect. I love how one page has the Arabic text (written with pen, by himself!!!!) and next to it is the translation.
The (sad) story about his life is very inspiring and is in a way c 5 STARS! I love his poems. Both English and Arabic version. Not just love them, I'm in love. I was/still am struggling with the arab part but I've learned that they didn't lose meaning when translated in English. Though in Arabic it's more intense, but because it's hard the English is really helpful and both made perfect. I love how one page has the Arabic text (written with pen, by himself!!!!) and next to it is the translation.
The (sad) story about his life is very inspiring and is in a way consistent with the poems. His poems are very lovely, sincere and it makes me love him as a person because of his work. (+ It's always nice to fantasize about those poems being written for me haha.) And I think it's quite beautiful and inspiring how he writes about women, not just about their body etc. (Which is also truly beautiful, with much passion) But also the world and feelings seen from their eyes. Also it was not easy to write about women so freely in that time and place. It takes courage and a bit of poetic madness. Those poems about women are written in such a way that you just know he had nothing but respect and understanding and love for all women.
He surely was full of love. Part of my love and appreciation for Nizar Qabbani comes from what I've heard about him as a person. The way his sister's suicide deeply affected him, and led him to become an advocate for women's rights in the Middle East. His poetry remains timeless, even as it continues to be deeply personal. I love this kind of poetry for my own reasons, and writing them down feels cheap, so I'll just share a few of my favorites from Qabbani.
Be assured, my lady, I did not come to curse you To hang you on the ro Part of my love and appreciation for Nizar Qabbani comes from what I've heard about him as a person. The way his sister's suicide deeply affected him, and led him to become an advocate for women's rights in the Middle East. His poetry remains timeless, even as it continues to be deeply personal. I love this kind of poetry for my own reasons, and writing them down feels cheap, so I'll just share a few of my favorites from Qabbani. Be assured, my lady, I did not come to curse you To hang you on the ropes of my anger, I did not come to review my old notebooks with you.
I am a man Who doesn't keep his old notebooks of love Who never returns to his memories. I came to thank you For the flowers of sadness That you planted inside me. From you I learned To love the black flowers, To buy them, To distribute them In the corners of my room. I hate to love like other people. I hate to write like other people. I wish my mouth were a church And my letters were bells. I wear you Like a tattoo on the arm of a Bedouin.
I wander aimlessly with you On all the sidewalks of the world. I have had no passport or photograph Since I was three I dislike pictures. Every day the color of my eyes changes Every day the expression of my mouth changes Every day the number of my teeth is different I do not like sitting On a photographer's chair I do not like posing for pictures. On earth all the children and the tortured Resemble each other Like the teeth on a comb, I soaked my old self In the water of my sadness, And drank it. I decided To roam the world On the bicycle of freedom In the same illegal way That wind travels.
If I am asked for my address I give The address of all the sidewalks That I chose as my permanent residence. If I am asked for my papers, I show them your eyes. My love, I am allowed to pass Because they know That traveling in the cities of your eyes Is the right of every man. After God introduced you to me He returned home. I thought of writing Him A letter on blue paper, Enclosed in a blue envelope Washed with my tears, Calling Him, 'My dear friend,' I wanted to thank Him Because He chose you for me. I wrote Him Because I am told God only receives And responds To letters of love. Our love Has no mind or logic Our love Walks on water.
Many thoughts about why I feel the way I do about this collection. First, I think love poems just aren't my thing (unless you're Shakespeare, in which case, you do you and gimme all the sonnets ever). I don't mean poems about love, I mean, you know, love poems (I'm not sure if that distinction makes sense, but it does in my head). But like hey look at the title, I guess it's my own fault. Don't get me wrong, there are moments of incredible beauty. But there are only so many I-will-make-you-immor Many thoughts about why I feel the way I do about this collection. First, I think love poems just aren't my thing (unless you're Shakespeare, in which case, you do you and gimme all the sonnets ever).
I don't mean poems about love, I mean, you know, love poems (I'm not sure if that distinction makes sense, but it does in my head). But like hey look at the title, I guess it's my own fault. Don't get me wrong, there are moments of incredible beauty. But there are only so many I-will-make-you-immortal-with-my-poetry lines that I can deal with before I start rolling my eyes. Second, translation.
The Arabic originals are in here, and I wish I could read the language more easily, because I get the sense that it sounds way better (and there's probably much less of the aforementioned sappiness) in it's untranslated form. Sadly, not only is it in Arabic, it's also in Nizar Kabbani's handwriting. I barely do typed, and I really don't do handwriting. Again, no fault of the poetry itself. Third, cultural context. Apparently Nizar Kabbani was a huge champion of women's rights (and I can.
But I feel like it's very dependent on the cultural context and doesn't work as well outside of it. Which again, fair enough, cause I guess that was the goal anyway), and was also super important in terms of the kind of power and influence his poetry had in other respects. But that's just not really how I read/judge a book, so I can't say that it really contributed to my reading experience per se (even if I can appreciate it from a practical standpoint).
But I read it all in one sitting and ultimately enjoyed it- I have some really beautiful passages copied down, and I'm glad to have them. I'd like to give his stuff another chance, because I feel like there's something lurking around that I might fall in love with. Qabbani loved women, stood up for their rights and admired them deeply. I truely enjoyed the book; I do feel, at times, that some of the verses were probably more playful and romantic in their original language. Thought the verses are beautiful, language is very specific and I am sure that something was lost in translation. Though the translations are mesmerizing at times.other times, it seems like lame pick up lines 'if you ask me when I was born, I will tell you that it was when you declare Qabbani loved women, stood up for their rights and admired them deeply. I truely enjoyed the book; I do feel, at times, that some of the verses were probably more playful and romantic in their original language.
Thought the verses are beautiful, language is very specific and I am sure that something was lost in translation. Though the translations are mesmerizing at times.other times, it seems like lame pick up lines 'if you ask me when I was born, I will tell you that it was when you declared your love for me..
' Sweet, but an example of where there was probably some elegance and beauty lost in the translation. Instructions For Monopoly World Edition Pieces on this page. Published posthumously, this book is a collection of Qabbani's love poems, with its pages split in two-- one side of the pages had Nizar's original poetry in Arabic, and on the other side were the English translations. All I can say is that I'm lucky that I can read Arabic, because the English translations did his words no justice. Qabbani was definitely a genius-- his Arabic poetry so piercing and straightforward, and yet profound with meaning and emotions with charming, sensual imagery.
As I w Published posthumously, this book is a collection of Qabbani's love poems, with its pages split in two-- one side of the pages had Nizar's original poetry in Arabic, and on the other side were the English translations. All I can say is that I'm lucky that I can read Arabic, because the English translations did his words no justice.
Qabbani was definitely a genius-- his Arabic poetry so piercing and straightforward, and yet profound with meaning and emotions with charming, sensual imagery. As I was reading through his work, I enjoyed getting a glimpse of his personality, and the recurring themes of his writing. Many of the poems I read threatened to made me cry from how perfect it was. Honestly, I can't describe it other than that-- perfect. To read more book reviews, check out my blog. I read this as research for a novel character, and I have no regrets.
The introduction is a comprehensive overview to Kabbani and his work, and the poems themselves are well-chosen and in solid thematic order. While I read, I kept sticky notes beside me because I had so many favorites, both personally and for the character. Kabbani has skyrocketed from a complete unknown to me to one of my favorite poets. He uses very simple language, but conveys entire worlds of people and universes of thought. I read this as research for a novel character, and I have no regrets.
The introduction is a comprehensive overview to Kabbani and his work, and the poems themselves are well-chosen and in solid thematic order. While I read, I kept sticky notes beside me because I had so many favorites, both personally and for the character. Kabbani has skyrocketed from a complete unknown to me to one of my favorite poets. He uses very simple language, but conveys entire worlds of people and universes of thought. He's such a brilliant mind, and I look forward to reading another translation of his work!