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Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic
(2004), Bassam K. Frangieh, Translator
Called "a major innovator in his art form" by THE
NEW YORK TIMES, Baghdad-born poet Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati broke with over
fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and
became world famous in the process. LOVE, DEATH, AND EXILE: POEMS
TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC is a rare, bilingual facing-page edition in
both the original Arabic text and a highly praised English translation by
Bassam K. Frangieh, containing selections from eight of Al-Bayati's books
of poetry.
Forced to spend much of his life in exile from his native Iraq, Al-Bayati
created poetry that is not only revolutionary and political, but also
steeped in mysticism and allusion, moving and full of longing. This
collection is a superb introduction to Al-Bayati, Arabic language, and
Arabic literature and culture as well.
On Al-Bayati's death in 1999, THE NEW YORK TIMES obituary quoted him as
saying once that his many years of absence from his homeland had been a
"tormenting experience" that had great impact on his poetry. "I always
dream at night that I am in Iraq and hear its heart beating and smell its
fragrance carried by the wind, especially after midnight when it's quiet."
Abdul Wahab al-Bayati (1979)
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