Pouring Water on Time. A Bilingual Topical Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry

by Mansour Ajami

Sadik J Al-Azm (Foreword)

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This bilingual anthology presents the best of Arabic classical poetry's musings over the many faceted states of the human condition, among them love, generosity, life, time, youth, beauty, ecstasy, longing, wine, death, and plenty more. Mansour Ajami's selection of topical verses and poems is guided by what was deemed best in its genre by the consensus of the great classical Arab literary critics and theoreticians.
  • ISBN10 3940924741
  • ISBN13 9783940924742
  • Publish Date 1 July 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Gerlach Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English