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

By Sadik J. Al-Azm and Mansour Ajami

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3940924741
• ISBN13: 9783940924742
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Gerlach Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.6"