Poetry has always been the heartbeat of Arabic culture, a mirror of its history and a vessel of its memory. While deeply rooted in tradition, but with its capacity for abstract expression and linguistic precision, has long transcended its own boundaries to leave an indelible mark on global aesthetics. It has become the carrier of centuries' weight, yet it renews itself in every generation, reshaping its voice to speak to the anxieties and hopes of the present. This anthology, Treasures of Modern Arabic Poetry, opens as a living garden of voices, where every poem breathes with its own fragrance and vitality. Here, From ocean's edge to desert gulf, poets converge in these pages, carrying with them the breadth of the Arab world's spirit, stand side by side. Each one writes from the soil of their own life, marked by memory, history, and place, yet together they weave a fabric that transcends borders. Their poems are intimate and universal at once: a father's tenderness, a lover's yearning, a cry for justice, a prayer whispered in silence, or a dance with life itself. To translate these voices into English is more than an act of linguistic crossing. It is an invitation to enter the pulse of another world, to hear the music of Arabic verse as it moves between tradition and innovation. Some poems sing in images as delicate as a butterfly's wing; others speak with the raw force of wounds that refuse to be silenced. Together, they affirm that poetry remains the purest language of human dignity and resilience. In the reader's hands lies an anthology, at once a bridge and a passage between cultures and sensibilities. For though the poets differ in geography and generation, they share the same impulse: to turn life, in all its beauty and pain, into words that endure. May this book be read not as distant literature, but as a mirror in which every reader may glimpse something of their own longing, their own struggle, their own light. - Hassane Yarti Barcelona, 05 September 2025
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