If Only the Sea Could Sleep, Vol. 1
One of the greatest poets of Arab literature, Adonis’s work often centers on the process of poetic creation, but his work has somehow remained highly appealing to Arab readers, and his has had, perhaps, more influence in terms of innovation and modernity than any other contemporary Arab poet. Twice he has been a finalist for the Nobel Prize. For Adonis, poetry is a vision (ru’ya") a "leap outside of established concepts, a change in the order of things and in the way we look at them."\...
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One of the greatest poets of Arab literature, Adonis's work often centers on the process of poetic creation, but his work has somehow remained highly appealing to Arab readers, and his has had, perhaps, more influence in terms of innovation and modernity than any other contemporary Arab poet. Twice he has been a finalist for the Nobel Prize. For Adonis, poetry is a vision (ru'ya") a "leap outside of established concepts, a change in the order of things and in the way we look at them."Selected from Al-A'mul al Shi'riyya, 1-3 (The Complete Works, 3 volumes) the current book explores the great Syrian poet's oeuvre more than any other previous collection in English.
Contents5Foreword9Introduction11Early Poems35Love37The House of Love38A Mirror for Khalida40The Wave40Beneath the Water41Lost42Fatigue43Death44Beginnings45Qays47Beginning of Space48Beginning of Encounter49Beginning of the Name50Beginning of the Way51Beginning of Travel52Beginning of Love53Beginning of Sex-I54Beginning of Sex-II55Beginning of Words57Beginning of Wind58Beginning to Spell59Beginning of Madness60Long Poems61I Give Myself to the Abyss of Sex63Unintended Worship66I66II70III71IV73V74VI75VII77VIII78IX80X81Transformations of the Lover83I83II86III88IV93V102VI104VII1111-Voice1132-Conversation1143-Conversation1154-Song1165-Song1186-Song119Body120I120II122III126IV137Notes on the Translations143Sources of the Poems146Bibliography148
