These poems, from the astonishing 10th- through 13th-century civilization in Andalusia, are based on the codex of Ibn Sa'id, who wanted poems "whose idea is more subtle than the West Wind, and whose language is more beautiful than a fair face." Spanish readers have long been enchanted by their enduring appeal through the versions by Emilio García Gómez. This poetry of Arab Andalusia made a profound impact on Spain's Generation of 27. Rafael Alberti says that it "was a revelation for me and had a great influence on my work, but above all influenced the work of Federico García Lorca.
"Cola Franzen's vibrant, delicious and faithful renderings of this poetic motherlode are, to quote from a poet in her marvelous compilation, 'shooting stars that leap agile as acrobats.'" —Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, author of An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles
"Of those things which delight the senses (according to a Tradition of the Prophet) the chiefest are 'water, green things & a beautiful face'; therefore a poetry of noble exquisiteness limits itself to certain tropes, in which the wisdom of sensuality is endlessly rediscovered. Blow dust from the folios of the vanished Moors & be stabbed by the URGENT NECESSITY of light-dappled fountains, the fractals of the garden, the transmutations of desire." —Peter Lamborn Wilson, author of Ploughing the Clouds
Cola Franzen has translated from Spanish some twenty volumes of prose and poetry, including Claudia Guillén's The Challenge of Comparative Literature, and Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer by Alicia Borinsky.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish, Arabic
The Garden by Abd Allah Ibn Al-simak
The Procuress by Abu Jaafar
Fiesta In A Garden by Abu L-qasim Ibn-saqqat
Mourning In Andalusia by Abu-l-hasan Al-husri
To A Person Reed Blown About By The Wind by Abul Hajjaj
Reflection Of Wine by Abul Hasan Of Seville
Rain Over The River by Abul Qasim Of Alcira
The White Stallion by Abus Salt
The Sun by Al-haitham
White Stallion With Black Markings On His Hooves by Al-haitham
The Stork by Ghalib Ibn Ribah Al-hajjam
Night Of Love by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria
Tide In The Guadalquivir by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria
The Valley Of Almeria by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria
Night Of Festivities by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid
The Prisoner In Aghmat Speaks To His Chains by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid
Remembering Silves by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid
Reproach by Abd Al-rahman Al-mustazhir
Slave Boy by Yusuf Ibn Harun Al-ramadi
Absence by Abu Bakr Al-turtushi
White Skin by Ibn Abd Rabbihi
Honey River by Ibn Abi Rawh
Insomnia by Abu Amir Ibn Al-hammarah
Al-mu 'tamid And His Family Go Into Exile by Ibn Al-labbana
In The Battle by Ibn Al-qabturnu
Invitation by Ibn Al-qabturnu
Petition For A Falcon by Ibn Al-qabturnu
Walnut by Ibn Al-qutiya
The Fountain by Ibn Al-ra'i'a
Gift Of A Mirror by Ibn Al-sabuni
The Goblets by Idris Ibn Al-yamani
Scene Of Love by Ibn Baqi
The Rooster by Ibn Billita
Lilies by Ibn Darraj Al-andalusi
Chastity by Ibn Faraj
Blue River by Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al-rusafi
Serene Evening by Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al-rusafi
My Beloved Comes by Ibn Hazm
Split My Heart by Ibn Hazm
Grainfield by Ibn Iyad
Leavetaking by Ibn Jakha
The Embroidered Wrap by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn Ali 'l-fath Ibn Khafaja
The Dancer by Ibn Kharuf
Festival By The River by Ibn Lubbal
The Battle by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi
Black Horse With White Chest by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi
The Wind by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi
Satire by Ibn Sharaf
After The Revels by Ibn Shuhayd
Summer Storm by Ibn Shuhayd
Drinking Poem by Ibn Siraj
Fragments From The 'qasida In The Rhyme Of Nun' by Abu 'l-walid Ahmad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Zaidun
Written From Al-zahra by Abu 'l-walid Ahmad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Zaidun
Apology by Ibrahim Ibn Uthman
The Beauty At The Revels by Marwan Ibn Abd Al-rahman
My Beautiful One by Safwan Ibn Idris
Daybreak by Sahl Ben Malik
The Brazier by Ben Sara Of Santaren
Pool With Turtles by Ben Sara Of Santaren
Bubbles by Ubadah Ibn Ma' Al-sama
The Beloved by Umar Ibn Umar
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
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