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Baghdad : the City in Verse / Translated and Edited by Reuven Snir ; Foreword by Roger Allen ; Aft Erword by Abdul Kader El Janabi Baghdad Baghdad: Th e City in Verse translated and edited by Reuven Snir foreword by Roger Allen afterword by Abdul Kader El Janabi HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland 2013 Copyright © 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College all rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Baghdad : the city in verse / translated and edited by Reuven Snir ; foreword by Roger Allen ; aft erword by Abdul Kader El Janabi. pages cm Selected poems from the early classical period through the 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0- 674- 72521- 8 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Arabic poetry — Iraq — Baghdad. 2. Baghdad (Iraq) — In literature. I. Snir, R. (Reuven) translator editor of compilation. II. Allen, Roger, 1942– III. Janabi, ‘Abd al- Qadir, 1944– PJ8047.B25B34 2013 892.7'100835856747 — dc23 2013015281 to my late parents, who were born in Baghdad and were forced to leave their beloved city, and, until their early deaths, never recovered from the painful separation Contents Foreword by Roger Allen xxi Preface xxvii Translator’s Note xxxiii Introduction 1 Muti‘ ibn Iyas 53 [Stars Whirling in the Dark] [Raindrops of Dust] ‘Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak 55 [Th e Pious Ascetic in Baghdad] Anon. 56 [Paradise Lost] Anon. 57 [House of Calamity] Anon. 58 [Men’s Souls Are Sick] Anon. 59 [I Am Leaving] Anon. 60 [Mean as Th ey Are] Anon. 61 [Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies] Anon. 62 [Comparison] Anon. 63 [Never Again] al-‘Abbas ibn al- Ahnaf 64 [Oh Sun of Baghdad!] [From Harun al- Rashid’s Mouth] [Th e Eye’s Greatest Delight] Harun al- Rashid 66 [I Will Not Forgive Myself] Shamsa 67 [Separation] Anon. 68 [I Weep Blood] Anon. 70 [Compulsory Pilgrimage] Mansur al- Namari 71 [Breeze] Ashja‘ al- Sulami 72 [Palaces] Abu Nuwas (al- Hasan ibn Hani al- Hakami) 73 [Pilgrimage] [Ships] [April Morning] viii Contents ‘Inan 76 [Plowing] ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd al- Malik al- Warraq 77 [An Evil Eye] [Disgrace] Tahir ibn al- Husayn al- Khuza‘i 80 [Your Night, Oh Baghdad] ‘Ali ibn Jabala al- Ansari (known as al-‘Akawwak) 81 [Exile] Ishaq al- Khuraymi 82 [Elegy] Ishaq al- Mawsili 86 [Weeping] Al- Husayn ibn al- Dahhak 87 [Only Sorrow] [Th eir Veils Were Torn] ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir 90 [Th e Wailing Pigeon] ‘Umara ibn ‘Aqil 92 [Dung] [Tranquil Abode] [Nothing Is Like Baghdad] Contents ix ‘Ali ibn al- Jahm 95 [Does’ Eyes] [At al- Karkh’s Gate] [Ceaseless Rain] ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al- Bafi 101 [Communion] Ibn Dust 102 [Tuesday] Abu Muhammad al- Hasan ibn Ahmad al- Brujardi 103 [Tuesday Is for Plea sure] al- Walid ibn ‘Ubayd Allah al- Buhturi 104 [Desire between Ribs] Ibn al- Rumi 105 [Tuesday Is Not Only Tuesday] [Imagination] [Wahid, the Singer] [Red- Dyed Finger] Adam ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al- Umawi 110 [Deprived of Sleep] Abu al-‘Aliya 111 [Th e Hand of Generosity Is Crippled] ‘Ali ibn Abi Hashim 112 [Builders Build for Ruins] x Contents ‘Abd Allah ibn al- Mu‘tazz 113 [Th e Traces of Her Bite] [Squeezed by an Old Woman] [Th ick Smoke] [Waistbands] [White Roses] [Full of Blood] Muhammad ibn Dawud al- Isfahani 116 [Pain of Skinning] ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Tahir 117 [Could a Lover Leave?] ‘Ali ibn al- Husayn al- Wasiti 118 [Temple for the Hearts] al- Husayn ibn Mansur al- Hallaj 119 [Tell the Gazelle] [Ordained by Christ] [I Am Whom I Love] [States] Abu ‘Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Nift awayhi 121 [Perpetual Rain] Anon. 122 [Only Death] Anon. 123 [Th e Breast Beater] Contents xi Ibn al- Tammar al- Wasiti 124 [Golden Bridge] ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al- Tanukhi 125 [Moon and River] Mansur ibn Kayaghlagh 126 [Moon] Abu Ishaq al- Sabi 127 [Basra and Baghdad] Abu al- Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al- Jurjani 128 [Garments of Mourning] [Downpour of Tears] al- Sharif al- Radi 130 [Camels’ Saliva] al- Tahir ibn al- Muzaff ar ibn Tahir al- Khazin 131 [Sweeter than Wine] ‘Ali ibn al- Faraj al- Shafi ‘i 132 [Elephants on Mercury] Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al- Salami 133 [Busy Square] Ma‘dan al- Taghlibi 134 [Promised Land] Abu Sa‘d Muhmmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Khalaf al- Nayramani 135 [I Am Your Ransom] xii Contents ‘Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al- Hasan al- Baghdadi 137 [Moon over Baghdad] [Baghdad’s People] Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al- Wahhab al- Maliki 140 [Baghdad’s Air] [A Qur’an in an Unbeliever’s House] [Like a Friend] al- Sharif al- Murtada 142 [Gazelle] Abu al-‘Ala’ al- Ma‘arri 143 [Love] [Farewell] [Sadness] [Deserted Beloved] [Oh Trea sur er!] Abu al- Ma‘ali 147 [Bearded Boy] Abu al- Fadl ibn Muhammad al- Khazin al- Katib 148 [‘Antar and ‘Abla] [No Nobleman in the Valley] Usama ibn Munqidh 149 [Scales of Justice] Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumay‘a al- Baghdadi 150 [Th e “How Are You?” People] Contents xiii Muhyi al- Din ibn al-‘Arabi 151 [Melancholic Dove] [Th e Most Beloved City] Majd al- Din Husayn ibn al- Dawami 153 [Earthquake] al- Majd al- Nashabi 154 [Turning a Child’s Hair White] Taqi al- Din ibn Abi al- Yusr 155 [Burned to Ashes] Sa‘di Shirazi 156 [A Bird in a Falcon’s Grip] Shams al- Din Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al- Kufi 159 [Kings and Slaves] Shams al- Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al- Hashimi al- Hanafi 160 [Stars to Be Followed] [Vow of Fidelity] Abu al- Khayr ‘Abd al- Rahman Zayn al- Din al- Suwaydi 166 [Tears and Weeping] ‘Abd al- Ghani al- Jamil 167 [Complaint] [Inner Storm] [Once Glory Nested Here] xiv Contents Shihab al- Din Abu al- Th ana’ Mahmud al- Alusi 171 [Longing and Craving] ‘Abd al- Ghaff ar al- Akhras al- Mawsili 173 [Peace Be with Baghdad] Radi al- Qazwini 174 [Baghdad and Tibriz] ‘Abd al- Hamid al- Shawi 175 [I Remember Baghdad] Ahmad al- Shawi 177 [Memory] [Leaders] Jamil Sidqi al- Zahawi 179 [Baghdad Days] [Behind Bars] [Migration] Ahmad Shawqi 182 [Baghdad and Rome] Hafi z Ibrahim 183 [Tenderness and Gentleness] Ma‘ruf al- Rusafi 184 [Th e Bridge] [Th e Flood] Oh Lover of the Orient! Iliyya Abu Madi 189 When Fate Came Knocking Contents xv Anwar Sha’ul 190 [Happy in Baghdad] [Love of the Arabs] Murad Michael 192 Oh My Fatherland! (Excerpts) Mir Basri 194 [Oh Friends of Life!] Mishil Haddad 196 Th e Books Nizar Qabbani 197 A Baghdadi Song Glory to the Long Plaits Nazik al- Mala’ika 201 Th e Passionate River Ibrahim Ovadia 203 A Guest in Tehran ‘Ali Sidqi ‘Abd al- Qadir 205 Baghdad and the Black Eyes Badr Shakir al- Sayyab 207 Death the Fox Brothel Because I Am a Stranger xvi Contents Buland al- Haydari 211 On the Way of Exile from Baghdad Th e City Th at Was Lost because of Her Silence Apology ‘Abd al- Wahhab al- Bayyati 218 A Sigh in Baghdad Th e City An Elegy to an Unborn City Words on al- Sayyab’s Tomb A Profi le of a City Al-‘Abbas ibn al- Ahnaf: Impossible Love Shadhil Taqa 225 And When We Took Over Her Adonis 226 Elegy for al- Hallaj Poetry Presses Her Lips to Baghdad’s Breast (Baghdad 1969) Salute to Baghdad [Time Crushes into Baghdad’s Body] Muhammad Jamil Shalash 244 Baghdad and Dawn Salah ‘Abd al- Sabur 247 Th e Tatars Have Attacked Sa‘di Yusuf 249 Th e New Baghdad Solitude Contents xvii Baghdad Th e Spoliation Ahmad ‘Abd al- Mu‘ti Hijazi 253 A Poem for Baghdad Sadiq al- Sa’igh 255 Th is Is Baghdad . (Excerpts) Samih al- Qasim 259 Baghdad . (Excerpts) Fadil al-‘Azzawi 261 Mr. Edward Luka’s Profession In Baghdad’s Night Th e Ten New Commandments Forgotten Maps Sami Mahdi 266 Ruins May Muzaff ar 267 Th e City Mahmud Darwish 268 Iraq’s Night Is Long Su‘ad al- Sabah 270 Hulagu Below Zero Sharif al- Rubay‘i 271 Harun al- Rashid xviii Contents Sargon Boulus 272 In the Garden of Sa‘di Shirazi (When He Was in Prison) Hulagu Praises Himself Th ere Hangman I Have Come to You from Th ere Hulagu (New Series) An Elegy for al- Sindibad Cinema Abdul Kader El Janabi 279 One Day We Will Have a History Th e Immigrants of the Interior What a Moment Is Th at Bildung In Baghdad, Where My Past Generation Would Be Faruq Juwayda 285 Baghdad, Don’t Be in Pain! (Excerpts) ‘Ali Ja‘far al-‘Allaq 287 Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn Zurayq al- Baghdadi ‘Abd al- Rahman Touhmazi 289 What Do You Want? Bushra al- Bustani 291 A Sorrowful Melody Ronny Someck 292 Baghdad, February 1991 Th e Shaving Razor Th at Cut the Meta phor of Poetry Contents xix A Personal Note on the Margin of a Renewal Form for an Iraqi Passport Wafa’ ‘Abd al- Razzaq 294 Th e River Ahlam Mustaghanimi 295 [Baghdad’s Date Palms Apologize to You] Ibrahim Zaydan and Qays Majid al- Mawla 297 A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half ‘Abid ‘Ali al- Rammahi 300 Baghdad, Sing! Sinan Antoon 302 A Letter to al- Mutanabbi (Street) Th e Milky Way Illumination Wars Dalya Riyad 306 Th e Myth of the Tigris and Euphrates Roadmap Manal al- Shaykh 308 Baghdad Aft erword by Abdul Kader El Janabi 309 References 315 Index of Poets 329 Index of Titles 333 xx Contents Foreword by Roger Allen Baghdad, fabled residence of Harun al- Rashid in One Th ousand and One Nights and now the capital of Iraq, was a purpose-built city constructed by the newly victorious Abbasid family, who assumed the Islamic Caliphate aft er the defeat of their pre de ces- sors in that function, the Umayyads.
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