Victims of a Map: A Bilingual Anthology of Arabic Poetry
"Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim and Adonis are amongst the leading poets in the Arab world today." Victims of a Map presents some of their finest work in translation, alongside the original Arabic, including thirteen poems by Darwish never before published - in English or Arabic - and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.
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"Mahmud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim and Adonis are amongst the leading poets in the Arab world today." Victims of a Map presents some of their finest work in translation, alongside the original Arabic, including thirteen poems by Darwish never before published - in English or Arabic - and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.
The earth is closing on us13When the martyrs go to sleep15We fear for a dream17We are entitled to love autumn19Give birth to me again that I may know21If I were to start all over again23Is it in such a song?25A gypsy melody27We travel like other people31We go to a country33We are here near there35Athens airport37They'd love to see me dead39The wandering guitar player41A gentle rain in a distant autumn47Slit lips53Sons of war55Confession at midday57Travel tickets59Bats61Abandoning63The story of a city65Conversation between an ear of corn and a Jerusalem rose thorn67How I became an article71The story of the unknown man73End of a discussion with a jailer77Eternity79The will of a man dying in exile81The boring orbit83The clock on the wall85A mirror for the executioner89A mirror for the twentieth century91A mirror for Beirut95Worries (a dream)97The golden age99Song101Prophecy105Psalm107The wound111A woman and a man (conversation, 1967)119The new Noah121The seven days127The pearl (dream - mirror)129The minaret133The desert (the diary of Beirut under siege, 1982)135
