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Foreword
Preface
Translator's Note
Introduction
Muti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Stars Whirling in the Dark]
Muti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Raindrops of Dust]
'Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak (736- 97): [The Pious Ascetic in Baghdad]
Anon.: [Paradise Lost]
Anon.: [House of Calamity]
Anon.: [Men's Souls Are Sick]
Anon.: [I Am Leaving]
Anon.: [Mean as They Are]
Anon.: [Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies]
Anon.: [Comparison]
Anon.: [Never Again]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [Oh Sun of Baghdad!]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [From Harun al-Rashid's Mouth]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: [The Eye's Greatest Delight]
Harun al-Rashid (763- 809): [I Will Not Forgive Myself]
Shamsa (eighth century): [Separation]
Anon.: [I Weep Blood ]
Anon.: [Compulsory Pilgrimage]
Mansur al-Namari: (?- 809) [Breeze]
Ashja' al-Sulami: (?- 810) [Palaces]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami) (747- 62-813-15): [Pilgrimage]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [Ships]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [April Morning]
'Inan (eighth century): [Plowing]
'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [An Evil Eye]
'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [Disgrace]
Tahir ibn al- Husayn al- Khuza'i (776- 822): [Your Night, Oh Baghdad]
'Ali ibn Jabala al- Ansari (known as al-'Akawwak) (776- 828): [Exile]
Ishaq al- Khuraymi (?- 829): [Elegy]
Ishaq al- Mawsili (767- 850): [Weeping]
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Only Sorrow]
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Their Veils Were Torn]
'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (798- 844): [Th e Wailing Pigeon]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Dung]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Tranquil Abode]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Nothing Is Like Baghdad]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Does' Eyes]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [At al-Karkh's Gate]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Ceaseless Rain]
'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Bafi (?- 893): [Communion]
Ibn Dust (ninth century): [Tuesday]
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Brujardi (ninth century): [Tuesday Is for Plea sure]
al-Walid ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Buhturi (820- 97): [Desire between Ribs]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Tuesday Is Not Only Tuesday]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Imagination]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Wahid, the Singer]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Red- Dyed Finger]
Adam ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Umawi (ninth century): [Deprived of Sleep]
Abu al-'Aliya (ninth century): [Th e Hand of Generosity Is Crippled]
'Ali ibn Abi Hashim (tenth century): [Builders Build for Ruins]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [The Traces of Her Bite]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Squeezed by an Old Woman]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Thick Smoke]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Waistbands]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [White Roses]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Full of Blood]
Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (868- 909): [Pain of Skinning]
'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (?- 913): [Could a Lover Leave?]
'Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Wasiti (?- 919): [Temple for the Hearts]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Tell the Gazelle]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Ordained by Christ]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [I Am Whom I Love]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [States]
Abu 'Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Niftawayhi (858- 935): [Perpetual Rain]
Anon. (tenth century): [Only Death]
Anon. (tenth century): [Th e Breast Beater]
Ibn al-Tammar al-Wasiti (tenth century): [Golden Bridge]
'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi (892- 953): [Moon and River]
Mansur ibn Kayaghlagh (?- 960): [Moon]
Abu Ishaq al-Sabi (925- 94): [Basra and Baghdad]
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Garments of Mourning]
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Downpour of Tears]
al-Sharif al-Radi (930-77): [Camels' Saliva]
al-Tahir ibn al-Muzaff ar ibn Tahir al-Khazin (tenth century?): [Sweeter than Wine]
'Ali ibn al-Faraj al-Shafi 'i (tenth century?): [Elephants on Mercury]
Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Salami (947-1002): [Busy Square]
Ma'dan al-Taghlibi (eleventh century): [Promised Land]
Abu Sa'd Muhmmad ibn 'Ali ibn Khalaf al-Nayramani (?-1023): [I Am Your Ransom]
'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Moon over Baghdad]
'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Baghdad's People]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Baghdad's Air]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [A Qur'an in an Unbeliever's House]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Like a Friend]
al-Sharif al-Murtada (965-1044): [Gazelle]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Love]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Farewell]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Sadness]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Deserted Beloved]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Oh Treasurer!]
Abu al- Ma'ali (1028-85): [Bearded Boy]
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): ['Antar and 'Abla]
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): [No Nobleman in the Valley]
Usama ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): [Scales of Justice]
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumay'a al-Baghdadi (thirteenth century): [The "How Are You?" People]
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [Melancholic Dove]
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [The Most Beloved City]
Majd al-Din Husayn ibn al-Dawami (thirteenth century): [Earthquake]
al-Majd al-Nashabi (?- 1259): [Turning a Child's Hair White]
Taqi al-Din ibn Abi al-Yusr (1193- 1273): [Burned to Ashes]
Sa'di Shirazi (1219-94): [A Bird in a Falcon's Grip]
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Kufi (1226-76): [Kings and Slaves]
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Stars to Be Followed]
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Vow of Fidelity]
Abu al-Khayr 'Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Din al-Suwaydi (1722-86): [Tears and Weeping]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Complaint]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Inner Storm]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Once Glory Nested Here]
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Thana' Mahmud al-Alusi (1803-54): [Longing and Craving]
'Abd al-Ghaff ar al-Akhras al-Mawsili (1805-72): [Peace Be with Baghdad]
Radi al-Qazwini (1819-68): [Baghdad and Tibriz]
'Abd al-Hamid al-Shawi (1828-98): [I Remember Baghdad]
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Memory]
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Leaders]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Baghdad Days]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Behind Bars]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Migration]
Ahmad Shawqi (1868-1932): [Baghdad and Rome]
Hafiz Ibrahim (1871-1932): [Tenderness and Gentleness]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Bridge]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Flood]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): Oh Lover of the Orient!
Iliyya Abu Madi (1889-1957): When Fate Came Knocking
Anwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Happy in Baghdad]
Anwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Love of the Arabs]
Murad Michael (1906-86): Oh My Fatherland! (Excerpts)
Mir Basri (1911-2006): [Oh Friends of Life!]
Mishil Haddad (1919-96): The Books
Nizar Qabbani (1923-98): A Baghdadi Song
Nizar Qabbani (1923-98): Glory to the Long Plaits
Nazik al-Mala'ika (1923-2007): The Passionate River
Ibrahim Ovadia (1924-2006): A Guest in Tehran
'Ali Sidqi 'Abd al-Qadir (1924-2008): Baghdad and the Black Eyes
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Death the Fox
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
(1926-64): Brothel
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Because I Am a Stranger
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): On the Way of Exile from Baghdad
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): The City That Was Lost because of Her Silence
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): Apology
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Sigh in Baghdad
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): The City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): An Elegy to an Unborn City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Words on al-Sayyab's Tomb
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Profile of a City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: Impossible Love
Shadhil Taqa (1929-74): And When We Took Over Her
Adonis (1930-): Elegy for al-Hallaj
Adonis (1930-): Poetry Presses Her Lips to Baghdad's Breast (Baghdad 1969)
Adonis (1930-): Salute to Baghdad
Adonis (1930-): [Time Crushes into Baghdad's Body]
Muhammad Jamil Shalash (1930-): Baghdad and Dawn
Salah 'Abd al-Sabur (1931-81): The Tatars Have Attacked
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): The New Baghdad
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): Solitude
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): Baghdad
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): The Spoliation
Ahmad 'Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi (1935-): A Poem for Baghdad
Sadiq al-Sa'igh (1938-): This Is Baghdad . . . (Excerpts)
Samih al-Qasim (1939-): Baghdad . . . (Excerpts)
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Mr. Edward Luka's Profession
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): In Baghdad's Night
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): The Ten New Commandments
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Forgotten Maps
Sami Mahdi (1940-): Ruins
May Muzaffar (1940-): The City
Mahmud Darwish (1941-2008): Iraq's Night Is Long
Su'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Hulagu
Su'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Below Zero
Sharif al-Rubay'i (1943-97): Harun al-Rashid
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): In the Garden of Sa'di Shirazi (When He Was in Prison)
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu Praises Himself
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): There
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hangman
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): I Have Come to You from There
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu (New Series)
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): An Elegy for al-Sindibad Cinema
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): One Day We Will Have a History
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): The Immigrants of the Interior
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): What a Moment Is That
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): Bildung
In Baghdad, Where My Past Generation Would Be
Faruq Juwayda (1945-): Baghdad, Don't Be in Pain! (Excerpts)
'Ali Ja'far al-'Allaq (1945-): Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi
'Abd al-Rahman Touhmazi (1946-): What Do You Want?
Bushra al-Bustani (1950-): A Sorrowful Melody
Ronny Someck (1951-): Baghdad, February 1991
Ronny Someck (1951-): The Shaving Razor That Cut the Metaphor of Poetry
Ronny Someck (1951-): A Personal Note on the Margin of a Renewal Form for an Iraqi Passport
Wafa' 'Abd al-Razzaq (1952-): The River
Ahlam Mustaghanimi (1953-): [Baghdad's Date Palms Apologize to You]
Ibrahim Zaydan (1960-) and Qays Majid al-Mawla (196?-): A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half
'Abid 'Ali al-Rammahi (1967-): Baghdad, Sing!
Sinan Antoon (1967-): A Letter to al-Mutanabbi (Street)
Sinan Antoon (1967-): The Milky Way
Sinan Antoon (1967-): Illumination
Sinan Antoon (1967-): Wars
Dalya Riyad (1970-): The Myth of the Tigris and Euphrates
Dalya Riyad (1970-): Roadmap
Manal al-Shaykh (1971-): Baghdad
Afterword: Being a Baghdadi Poet: A Testimony / El Janabi, Abdul Kader
References
Index of Poets
Index of Titles
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Translator's Note
Introduction
Muti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Stars Whirling in the Dark]
Muti' ibn Iyas (704- 85): [Raindrops of Dust]
'Abd Allah ibn al- Mubarak (736- 97): [The Pious Ascetic in Baghdad]
Anon.: [Paradise Lost]
Anon.: [House of Calamity]
Anon.: [Men's Souls Are Sick]
Anon.: [I Am Leaving]
Anon.: [Mean as They Are]
Anon.: [Ornamented Rhetoric and Lies]
Anon.: [Comparison]
Anon.: [Never Again]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [Oh Sun of Baghdad!]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf (750- 809): [From Harun al-Rashid's Mouth]
al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: [The Eye's Greatest Delight]
Harun al-Rashid (763- 809): [I Will Not Forgive Myself]
Shamsa (eighth century): [Separation]
Anon.: [I Weep Blood ]
Anon.: [Compulsory Pilgrimage]
Mansur al-Namari: (?- 809) [Breeze]
Ashja' al-Sulami: (?- 810) [Palaces]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami) (747- 62-813-15): [Pilgrimage]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [Ships]
Abu Nuwas (al-Hasan ibn Hani al-Hakami): [April Morning]
'Inan (eighth century): [Plowing]
'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [An Evil Eye]
'Amr ibn 'Abd al- Malik al- Warraq (?- 815): [Disgrace]
Tahir ibn al- Husayn al- Khuza'i (776- 822): [Your Night, Oh Baghdad]
'Ali ibn Jabala al- Ansari (known as al-'Akawwak) (776- 828): [Exile]
Ishaq al- Khuraymi (?- 829): [Elegy]
Ishaq al- Mawsili (767- 850): [Weeping]
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Only Sorrow]
Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak (778- 870): [Their Veils Were Torn]
'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (798- 844): [Th e Wailing Pigeon]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Dung]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Tranquil Abode]
'Umara ibn 'Aqil (798- 853): [Nothing Is Like Baghdad]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Does' Eyes]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [At al-Karkh's Gate]
'Ali ibn al-Jahm (804- 63): [Ceaseless Rain]
'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Bafi (?- 893): [Communion]
Ibn Dust (ninth century): [Tuesday]
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Brujardi (ninth century): [Tuesday Is for Plea sure]
al-Walid ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Buhturi (820- 97): [Desire between Ribs]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Tuesday Is Not Only Tuesday]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Imagination]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Wahid, the Singer]
Ibn al-Rumi (836- 96): [Red- Dyed Finger]
Adam ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Umawi (ninth century): [Deprived of Sleep]
Abu al-'Aliya (ninth century): [Th e Hand of Generosity Is Crippled]
'Ali ibn Abi Hashim (tenth century): [Builders Build for Ruins]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [The Traces of Her Bite]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Squeezed by an Old Woman]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Thick Smoke]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Waistbands]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [White Roses]
'Abd Allah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861- 909): [Full of Blood]
Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Isfahani (868- 909): [Pain of Skinning]
'Ubayd Allah ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Tahir (?- 913): [Could a Lover Leave?]
'Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Wasiti (?- 919): [Temple for the Hearts]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Tell the Gazelle]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [Ordained by Christ]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [I Am Whom I Love]
al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj (858- 922): [States]
Abu 'Abd Allah Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Niftawayhi (858- 935): [Perpetual Rain]
Anon. (tenth century): [Only Death]
Anon. (tenth century): [Th e Breast Beater]
Ibn al-Tammar al-Wasiti (tenth century): [Golden Bridge]
'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi (892- 953): [Moon and River]
Mansur ibn Kayaghlagh (?- 960): [Moon]
Abu Ishaq al-Sabi (925- 94): [Basra and Baghdad]
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Garments of Mourning]
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Jurjani (928-1002): [Downpour of Tears]
al-Sharif al-Radi (930-77): [Camels' Saliva]
al-Tahir ibn al-Muzaff ar ibn Tahir al-Khazin (tenth century?): [Sweeter than Wine]
'Ali ibn al-Faraj al-Shafi 'i (tenth century?): [Elephants on Mercury]
Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Salami (947-1002): [Busy Square]
Ma'dan al-Taghlibi (eleventh century): [Promised Land]
Abu Sa'd Muhmmad ibn 'Ali ibn Khalaf al-Nayramani (?-1023): [I Am Your Ransom]
'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Moon over Baghdad]
'Ali ibn Zurayq Abu al-Hasan al-Baghdadi (?-1029): [Baghdad's People]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Baghdad's Air]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [A Qur'an in an Unbeliever's House]
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki (?-1031): [Like a Friend]
al-Sharif al-Murtada (965-1044): [Gazelle]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Love]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Farewell]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Sadness]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Deserted Beloved]
Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (973-1058): [Oh Treasurer!]
Abu al- Ma'ali (1028-85): [Bearded Boy]
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): ['Antar and 'Abla]
Abu al-Fadl ibn Muhammad al-Khazin al-Katib (?-1131): [No Nobleman in the Valley]
Usama ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): [Scales of Justice]
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Shumay'a al-Baghdadi (thirteenth century): [The "How Are You?" People]
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [Melancholic Dove]
Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi (1165- 1240): [The Most Beloved City]
Majd al-Din Husayn ibn al-Dawami (thirteenth century): [Earthquake]
al-Majd al-Nashabi (?- 1259): [Turning a Child's Hair White]
Taqi al-Din ibn Abi al-Yusr (1193- 1273): [Burned to Ashes]
Sa'di Shirazi (1219-94): [A Bird in a Falcon's Grip]
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Kufi (1226-76): [Kings and Slaves]
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Stars to Be Followed]
Shams al-Din Mahmud ibn Ahmad al-Hashimi al-Hanafi (thirteenth century): [Vow of Fidelity]
Abu al-Khayr 'Abd al-Rahman Zayn al-Din al-Suwaydi (1722-86): [Tears and Weeping]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Complaint]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Inner Storm]
'Abd al-Ghani al-Jamil (1780-1863): [Once Glory Nested Here]
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Thana' Mahmud al-Alusi (1803-54): [Longing and Craving]
'Abd al-Ghaff ar al-Akhras al-Mawsili (1805-72): [Peace Be with Baghdad]
Radi al-Qazwini (1819-68): [Baghdad and Tibriz]
'Abd al-Hamid al-Shawi (1828-98): [I Remember Baghdad]
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Memory]
Ahmad al-Shawi (1844-99): [Leaders]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Baghdad Days]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Behind Bars]
Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863-1936): [Migration]
Ahmad Shawqi (1868-1932): [Baghdad and Rome]
Hafiz Ibrahim (1871-1932): [Tenderness and Gentleness]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Bridge]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): [The Flood]
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi (1875-1945): Oh Lover of the Orient!
Iliyya Abu Madi (1889-1957): When Fate Came Knocking
Anwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Happy in Baghdad]
Anwar Sha'ul (1904-84): [Love of the Arabs]
Murad Michael (1906-86): Oh My Fatherland! (Excerpts)
Mir Basri (1911-2006): [Oh Friends of Life!]
Mishil Haddad (1919-96): The Books
Nizar Qabbani (1923-98): A Baghdadi Song
Nizar Qabbani (1923-98): Glory to the Long Plaits
Nazik al-Mala'ika (1923-2007): The Passionate River
Ibrahim Ovadia (1924-2006): A Guest in Tehran
'Ali Sidqi 'Abd al-Qadir (1924-2008): Baghdad and the Black Eyes
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Death the Fox
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
(1926-64): Brothel
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (1926-64): Because I Am a Stranger
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): On the Way of Exile from Baghdad
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): The City That Was Lost because of Her Silence
Buland al-Haydari (1926-96): Apology
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Sigh in Baghdad
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): The City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): An Elegy to an Unborn City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Words on al-Sayyab's Tomb
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): A Profile of a City
'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayyati (1926-99): Al-'Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf: Impossible Love
Shadhil Taqa (1929-74): And When We Took Over Her
Adonis (1930-): Elegy for al-Hallaj
Adonis (1930-): Poetry Presses Her Lips to Baghdad's Breast (Baghdad 1969)
Adonis (1930-): Salute to Baghdad
Adonis (1930-): [Time Crushes into Baghdad's Body]
Muhammad Jamil Shalash (1930-): Baghdad and Dawn
Salah 'Abd al-Sabur (1931-81): The Tatars Have Attacked
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): The New Baghdad
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): Solitude
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): Baghdad
Sa'di Yusuf (1934-): The Spoliation
Ahmad 'Abd al-Mu'ti Hijazi (1935-): A Poem for Baghdad
Sadiq al-Sa'igh (1938-): This Is Baghdad . . . (Excerpts)
Samih al-Qasim (1939-): Baghdad . . . (Excerpts)
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Mr. Edward Luka's Profession
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): In Baghdad's Night
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): The Ten New Commandments
Fadil al-'Azzawi (1940-): Forgotten Maps
Sami Mahdi (1940-): Ruins
May Muzaffar (1940-): The City
Mahmud Darwish (1941-2008): Iraq's Night Is Long
Su'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Hulagu
Su'ad al-Sabah (1942-): Below Zero
Sharif al-Rubay'i (1943-97): Harun al-Rashid
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): In the Garden of Sa'di Shirazi (When He Was in Prison)
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu Praises Himself
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): There
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hangman
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): I Have Come to You from There
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): Hulagu (New Series)
Sargon Boulus (1944-2007): An Elegy for al-Sindibad Cinema
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): One Day We Will Have a History
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): The Immigrants of the Interior
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): What a Moment Is That
Abdul Kader El Janabi (1944-): Bildung
In Baghdad, Where My Past Generation Would Be
Faruq Juwayda (1945-): Baghdad, Don't Be in Pain! (Excerpts)
'Ali Ja'far al-'Allaq (1945-): Sketches in the Notebooks of Ibn Zurayq al-Baghdadi
'Abd al-Rahman Touhmazi (1946-): What Do You Want?
Bushra al-Bustani (1950-): A Sorrowful Melody
Ronny Someck (1951-): Baghdad, February 1991
Ronny Someck (1951-): The Shaving Razor That Cut the Metaphor of Poetry
Ronny Someck (1951-): A Personal Note on the Margin of a Renewal Form for an Iraqi Passport
Wafa' 'Abd al-Razzaq (1952-): The River
Ahlam Mustaghanimi (1953-): [Baghdad's Date Palms Apologize to You]
Ibrahim Zaydan (1960-) and Qays Majid al-Mawla (196?-): A Joint Poem on the Live Half and the Dead Half
'Abid 'Ali al-Rammahi (1967-): Baghdad, Sing!
Sinan Antoon (1967-): A Letter to al-Mutanabbi (Street)
Sinan Antoon (1967-): The Milky Way
Sinan Antoon (1967-): Illumination
Sinan Antoon (1967-): Wars
Dalya Riyad (1970-): The Myth of the Tigris and Euphrates
Dalya Riyad (1970-): Roadmap
Manal al-Shaykh (1971-): Baghdad
Afterword: Being a Baghdadi Poet: A Testimony / El Janabi, Abdul Kader
References
Index of Poets
Index of Titles