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Index
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
Ibn al-Ahnaf
Love
Abu Nuwas
Four Things
Thou Scolder of Grape and Me
The Great Offence
Hurry, for the Beergardens are Blooming
Thus by the Camel He Loves
Abu’l Atahiya
Vanity: To Harun al-Rashid
Surely Shall Fate Disjoint the Proudest Nose
Virtue Cast an Eye at Me Coming
Dibil
I Recall the Campsite at ‘Arafah
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-Junayd
The Book of the Cure of Souls
al-Hallaj
Three Qasidas
Ibn al-Mu’tazz
In Praise of Chess
Night
We Shouted for Servants, but all Slept
al-Razi
The Repelling of Grief
al-Farabi
The City and the Household
al-Mas’udi
Pearl-Fishing
Character of the Caliph Muhtadi
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-Tanukhi
Table Talk
al-Kalabadhi
The Sufi Doctrine of Vision
al-Hamadhani
The Assembly of Qazwin
al-Biruni
Determination of the Length of Ramadan
al-Ma’arri
The Epistle of Forgiveness
Letter to Abu Ahmad ‘Abd al-Salim Ibn al-Husain
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 Hajr
The Assembly of Damascus
al-Ghazzali
The Beginning of Guidance
The First Duty of Brotherhood
The Physical Sciences
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
The Law Makes Philosophic Studies Obligatory
Usama
The Protection of Allah
Ibn Tufayl
Hayy Admires the Work of the Creator
Playing with Fire
Ibn Jubayr
A Description of the Mosque of the Apostle of God and of His Sacred Rawdah
Ibn Arabi
The Wisdom of Virtue in the Word of Luqman
Whoso Knoweth Himself …
Selections from Tarjuman al-Ashwaq
Ibnu’l Farid
The Meeting
Where Eyes Encounter Souls in Battle-Fray
Lo, From Behind the Veil Mysterious
Ibn Khallikan
How the Game of Chess was Invented
Ja’far and al-Rashid
al-Busiri
The Prophet
Part V: Al-Andalus – Arab Spain
Ibn Hazm
Of Fidelity
Of Betrayal
Anxiety
Twice Times Then is Now
Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi
Modest Blush
Ibn Zaydun
Poem to Wallada
al-Mutamid
The Moon, The Stars, and a King
Abu’l Hasan Ali ibn Hisn
The Pigeon
Ibn Hamdis
The Andalusian Fountains
Flowing Stream
Abus Salt
The Incense Burner
Ibn Quzman
The Radish
Ibn Hayyun
The Girl with the Beauty-Spots
Ibn Sa’ad al-Khair
The Draw-well
Ibn al-Faras
Moon of Beauty
Ibn Said
The Guardians
Ibn Maimon (Moses Maimonides)
Guide for the Perplexed
Saadia Gaon
Concerning How it is Most Proper for Man to Conduct Himself in this World
Solomon ibn Gabirol
The Ethics of Solomon Gabirol
Part VI: The Age of Depression
Ibn Battuta
Across North Africa
Ibn al-Khatib
Time of Meeting
Ibn Khaldun
Five Extracts from Muqaddimah
A Sign of Royal Authority
The Romance of Antar
Antar goes to Mecca
Prince Shas In Captivity
Antar Summoned From Mecca To Rescue Shas
‘Abla’s Treasure Restored
The Arabian Nights
The Tale of the Birds and Beasts and the Carpenter
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
To a Late Composer
The Feast of Time
An Andalusian Exile
Hafiz Ibrahim
Elegy to Mustafa Kamil
Khalil Mutran
The Arab Awakening
Ma’ruf al-Rusafi
Fairest
Ilya Abu Madi
Envoi
Life and Love
The Phoenix
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
Double Trouble
May Ziadah
Rejoice
Ahmad al-Safi al-Najafi
To a Clock
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
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
A Stranger at the Fountain
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
Beginning Speech
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
A City Without Rain
Rain Song
Yusuf al-Khal
The Deserted Well
Muhammad al-Fayturi
To Two Unknown Eyes
Sorrow of the Black City
Nazik al-Mala’ika
Who Am I?
Five Hymns to Pain
Mona Fayad
Whisper
Salma al-Khadra al-Jayyusi
Without Roots
In the Casbah
Scrapping Limits
April Woman
Fudwa Tuqan
A Prayer to the New Year
Elegy
In the Flux
Mai Sayigh
Departure
Nizar Qabbani
Bread, Hashish and Moonlight
Poems
Language
May Rihani
The Wedding of My City
Palm Trees
Antoine Raad
A Poet’s Treasure
Henri Zoghaib
This Is The Now
Notes
Notes on Authors
Acknowledgements
Notes on Editors
Copyright
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