Concerto al-Quds = Kūnshīrtū al-Quds / Adonis ; translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa.
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- Kūnshīrtū al-Quds
- Kūnshīrtū al-Quds. English
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Main Library | NonFiction | 892.716 A244 | Available | 33111008682276 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A cri de coeur on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet
Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa.
Part I. The meaning. Heavenly summary -- A sky on Earth -- A rope between a camel and a tank -- A bridge to Job -- Dissection -- Afflictions -- Tempted by nothing: a song -- Tempted by everything: a song -- Part II. Images.
"A cri de cœur or fully imagined poem on the myth and history of Jerusalem/Al-Quds from the author revered as the greatest living Arabic poet. At the age of eighty-six, Adonis, an Arabic poet with Syrian origins, a critic, an essayist, and a devoted secularist, has come out of retirement to pen an extended, innovative poem on Jerusalem/Al-Quds. It is a hymn to a troubled city embattled by the conflicting demands of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Adonis's city, as a coveted land, ought to suggest the universal love of humanity; as a land of tragedy, a place of contending history and beliefs, and a locus of bitterness, conflict, hatred, rivalry, and blood. Wrapping multiple voices, historical references, and political viewpoints within his ecstatic lyricism, Adonis has created a provocative work of unique beauty and profound wisdom, beautifully rendered in English by award-winning poet Khaled Mattawa."-- Provided by publisher.