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Cover Title Contents Introduction Part I: The Pre-Islamic Period (Jahiliyya)

The Mu’allaqat

Ode of Imru al-Qais Ode of Labid

Ka’b Bin Zuhair, Su’ád is Gone al-Aswad Bin Yafur, Ode from the Mufaddaliyat al-Khansa, Lament for My Brother al-Tirrimah, In the Heart of the Desert Jamil, Oh, That Youth’s Flower Anew Might Lift its Head Katari of Mazin, To His Own Soul ‘Umar Ibn Abi Rabi’ah, Blame Me No More, O Comrades!

Part II: The Islamic Age

The Holy Qur’an

The Opening Surah XIX: Mary Surah LIX: Exile Surah LXXXIX: The Dawn

Hadith, Selected Sayings Shaybani’s Siyar, The Islamic Law of Nations

Part III: The Ummayad Dynasty

al-Akhtal, Youth Departed but Often I Enjoyed It al-Farazdaq, Let All Weep for al-Hajjáj Jarir, al-Farazdaq Visited the Folk of Hijaz Abd al-Hamid al-Katib, The Art of Secretaryship Ibn al-Muqaffa, The Rabbit and the Elephant Ibn Ishaq, The Prophet’s Mission Bashshar Ibn Burd, Will No Emissary Be Found

Part IV: The Abbasid Dynasty

Rabia al-Adawiya, O My Joy and My Desire and My Refuge Abu Nuwas

Four Things Thou Scolder of Grape and Me The Great Offence Hurry, for the Beergardens are Blooming

Abu’l Atahiya

Vanity: To Harun al-Rashid Surely Shall Fate Disjoint the Proudest Nose Virtue Cast an Eye at Me Coming

al-Jahiz, The Book of Proof: Concerning Asceticism Abu Tammam, In Praise of the Caliph Mu’tasim al-Buhturi, Bodies of Water Like Horses Ibn Qutayba, Extracts from Uyun al-Akhbar Ibn al-Rumi

The Chess Champion The Compromise He Defends Himself

al-Tabari, The Battle of Badr al-Hallaj, Three Qasidas al-Razi, The Repelling of Grief al-Farabi, The City and the Household al-Mutanabbi

Parting Has Just Taught Our Eyelids Separation Shame Kept My Tears Away Couplet How Glows Mine Heart Naught Kills the Noble like Forgiveness My Songs Gave Eyes to the Blind, Ears to the Deaf An Induction Here is the Final Stretch

Abu Firas al-Hamdani

Thy Fiercest Foe is One Thou Dost Not Fight Grief Amasses, Patience Scatters

al-Tawhidi, Arabs and Non-Arabs al-Kalabadhi,The Sufi Doctrine of Vision al-Hamadhani, The Assembly of Qazmin al-Ma’arri

From the Diwan From the Lazumiyat ’Tis Said That Spirits Remove by Transmigration In the Casket of the Hours Thou Art Diseased in Understanding and Religion

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Concerning the Temporal Origin of the Soul Epistle of the Soul On Prophecy

al-Hariri, The Assembly of Damascus al-Ghazzali

The Beginning of Guidance The First Duty of Brotherhood

Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

The Law Makes Philosophic Studies Obligatory

Ibn Tufayl

Hayy Admires the Work of the Creator Playing with Fire

Ibn Arabi

The Wisdom of Virtue in the Word of Luqman Whoso Knoweth Himself ... Selections from Tarjuman al-Ashwaq

Ibnu’l Farid

The Meeting Lo, From Behind the Veil Mysterious

Ibn Khallikan, Ja’far and al-Rashid

Part V: Al-Andalus – Arab Spain

Ibn Hazm

Of Fidelity Of Betrayal Anxiety Twice Times Then is Now

Ibn Zaydun, Poem to Wallada al-Mutamid, The Moon, The Stars, and a King Abu’l Hasan Ali ibn Hisn, The Pigeon Abus Salt, The Incense Burner Ibn al-Faras, Moon of Beauty Ibn Said, The Guardians Ibn Maimon (Moses Maimonides), Guide for the Perplexed Solomon ibn Gabirol, The Ethics of Solomon Gabirol

Part VI: The Age of Depression

Ibn Battuta, Across North Africa Ibn Khaldun

Three Extracts from Muqaddimah A Sign of Royal Authority

The Romance of Antar

Antar Summoned From Mecca To Rescue Shas ‘Abla’s Treasure Restored

The Arabian Nights

The Story of the Envier and the Envied Men in the Judgment of their Wives Adventure of the Caliph Haroon al-Rusheed

Part VII: Al-Nahda – Renaissance of Arabic Literature

Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, The Virtues of the Arabs Ahmad Shawqi

From Act I of Majnun Layla The Feast of Time An Andalusian Exile

Hafiz Ibrahim, Elegy to Mustafa Kamil Khalil Mutran, The Arab Awakening Ilya Abu Madi

Envoi Life and Love

Gibran Kahlil Gibran

The Poet From a Speech by Khalil the Heretic

Ameen Rihani

Light Supplication: A Prayer

Mikhail Naimy

A New Year Comrade!

Taha Hussein

An Egyptian Childhood From The Stream of Days

Abbas al-Aqqad, Drinking Song May Ziadah, Rejoice Mahmud Taymur, The Fare Tewfiq al-Hakim, Song of Death

Part VIII: Modern Arabic Literature

Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi

I Weep for Love To the Tyrant

Naguib Mahfouz, An Unnerving Sound Khalil Hawi, The Bridge ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati, Apology for a Short Speech Salah ‘Abd al-Sabur, The Tatars Attacked Mahmoud Darwish

Pride and Fury Promises from the Storm

Adonis, Iram the Many-Columned Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, A City Without Rain Yusuf al-Khal, The Deserted Well Muhammad al-Fayturi, Sorrow of the Black City Nazik al-Mala’ika, Who Am I? Mona Fayad, Whisper Salma al-Khadra al-Jayyusi

Without Roots In the Casbah

Fudwa Tuqan

A Prayer to the New Year In the Flux

Mai Sayigh, Departure Nizar Qabbani

Bread, Hashish and Moonlight Poems

May Rihani, The Wedding of My City Antoine Raad, A Poet’s Treasure Henri Zoghaib, This Is The Now

About the Authors Notes Acknowledgements About the Editors Copyright

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