Poetry anthologies (various poets)

Book SynopsisThis book deals with some (fragmentary) poems of Alcaeus, Archilochus, Hipponax and Stesichorus. The choice of the poems was determined by external factors: all of them are written on papyrus and were first published during the last few decades. After the first edition the fragments were discussed by many scholars, mainly in periodicals. The authors of this volume have assembled the results of this scholarly work and used it as a foundation for a carefully contituted text and an extensive overall commentary. In this way the poems will be more easily accessible than they were hitherto.

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Book SynopsisVoices from the Desert is the fifth and concluding volume of Marcel Kurpershoek’s Corpus Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. The first volume appeared in 1994. In the Preface the author looks back on his almost twenty years of involvement with Arabian oral culture. He also discusses some of the striking features of the traditions collected in these volumes, and their significance within the broader political, social, and cultural context of the tribal system stretching from Yemen to the Anatolian highlands. An Introduction is followed by a consolidated Glossary, comprising all data accumulated and integrated from the glossaries of the previous four volumes. This elaborate glossary not only refers to the transcribed original texts in Volumes 1-4, but it has also been extended with many examples originating from corresponding Classical Arabic vocabulary, and additional Western sources. Also included are the three indispensable indices to the complete Corpus: the Index of Subjects, the Index of Tribal Names and the Index of Proper Names. A List of Recordings completes this volume. The original recordings of the poets and transmitters, in the order of the published text with a description of the tracks’ contents, can be downloaded as MP3 files from Brill’s web site at https://brill.com/page/kurpershoek.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction to the Glossary Glossary Indices List of Recordings

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Book SynopsisThis work is an annotated edition of a ritual manuscript, written in the traditional Zhuang character script. The Hanvueng epic is a narrative in verse about murderous enmity between two royal step-brothers, recited when there is fraternal feuding, death by violence, outbreaks of smallpox, or other such disasters. The theme of enmity is an important one that resonates deeply in the Tai societies on the periphery of the Chinese empire. The narrative touches on many other aspects of life in the valley-kingdoms in the highlands of Guangxi: marriage and inheritance, match-making, slavery and social stratification, agriculture, hunting, fishing, raiding, livestock raising dye-making, wild animals and plants, and the use of ritual to put things to rights.Trade ReviewHanvueng: The Goose King and the Ancestral King, An Epic from Guangxi in Southern China (Brill, 2015) by David Holm has been shortlisted for the the 2018 Medal for Excellence in Translation, a major national award that recognises outstanding achievement in translation and the vital role of translators in Australian culture and scholarly discourse.(https://www.humanities.org.au/2018/09/12/shortlist-announced-for-medal-for-excellence-in-translation/)

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Book SynopsisWhile in exile in Gabon (1895–1902), Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba marked a historic moment with his poetry of resilience, pivotal to the cultural and religious transformation of the Murīds of Senegal. The qaṣāʾid (poems) included in this annotated edition reveal a unifying poetic purpose and exemplify Ṣūfī literary traditions in subject matter, form, and versification.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Preface Note on Orthography Maps Introduction Poems 1. As-sindīdi 2. Sabhun Taqī 3. Nafāhani 4. Wajjahtu 5. Asīru Mahaʾl-Abrāri 6. Jāwartu Lāha Bi Kitābihi Ilā Duqūliya Jannatahū 7. Mawāhibu Nāfihī Fī Madā Ihi Shāfihī 8. Tuhfatuʾl-Mutadarihīna 9. Mathlabuʾl-Shifāʾi Commentary and Notes Appendices Glossary of Foreign Terms Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book presents fifty-one didactic and devotional Sufi poems (with English translations) composed by the ulama of Brava, on Somalia’s Benadir coast, in Chimiini, a Bantu language related to Swahili and unique to the town. Because the six ulama-poets, among whom two women, guided local believers towards correct beliefs and behaviours in reference to specific authoritative religious texts, the poems allow insight into their authors’ religious education, affiliations, in which the Qādiriyyah and Aḥmadiyyah took pride of place, and regional connections. Because the poems refer to local people, places, events, and livelihoods, they also bring into view the uniquely local dimension of Islam in this small East African port city in this time-period.Table of ContentsEditors’ Introduction Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration Map of Brava in Regional Context Introduction Note on the Primary Sources of This Publication Reference List to the Poets and Their Poems Annotated List of Islamic Scholars and Texts Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi The Poems Sheikh Uways Biography Sheikh Uways’s Poem  1 Aḻfeeni msaḻiḻeeni (Ask God to bless him two thousand times) Sheikh Qasim Biography Sheikh Qasim’s Poems  1 Daada Maasiṯi nsoomela duʾa (Dada Masiti, pray for me)  2 Chidirke ya Rasuuḻ Aḻḻah (Rescue us, O Prophet of God)  3 Salaaṯun saḻaamun ʿala aḻ-Musṯafa (Peace and blessings upon the Chosen One)  4 Meezi wa keendra (In the ninth month)  5 Hamziyyah, Jisi gani khpaandra mitume anbiya (Hamziyyah or How could the other prophets rise?)  6 Ḻa ilaaha ntaku Maʾabuudi wa haqi (There is no god but the true God)  7 Nakaanza khṯuunga marjaani (I start stringing coral beads)  8 Ya Sheekhi Abduḻqaadiri (O Shaykh ʿAbdulqādir)  9 Ya Nabiyi salaam ʿaleika (O Prophet, peace be upon you)  10 Ndruuza kasaani sowṯiya (O Brothers, listen to my voice) Dada Masiti Biography Dada Masiti’s Poems  1 Baʾdi ya hayy ni mowṯi (After life comes death)  2 Sayyid Jamaladiini (Sayyid Jamaladdin)  3 Ya Rabbi ya Muṯaʾaali (O Lord, You who are Exalted)  4 Sharru ḻ-bilaadi (The evil that plagues the country)  5 Ya Rabbi ya Rahmaani (O Lord, You who are Compassionate)  6 Mowḻaana Muhyidiini (O our lord Muḥyī al-Dīn)  7 Aḻḻahu Akbar Aḻḻaahu (God is the Greatest, O God)  8 Sayyidi yiitu Siṯeeni (O our Lady) Mallim Nuri Biography Mallim Nuri’s Poems  1 Shṯeenzi cha ahḻu al-sabri (The poem of those who were steadfast in adversity)  2 Shṯeenzi cha Aʾisha (The poem of Aʾisha)  3 Shṯeenzi cha Aamina (The poem of Amina)  4 Mooja mreheme Aṯeeni (O God, have mercy upon Ateni)  5 Chidirke Maana Faaṯima (Rescue us, O Lady Fatima!)  6 Shṯeenzi cha masadaaṯi (The poem of the Sharifs)  7 Shṯeenzi cha Hasani na Huseeni (The poem of Hassan and Hussein)  8 Shṯeenzi cha Haawa na Aadamu (The poem of Ḥawwāʾ (Eve) and Adam)  9 Shṯeenzi cha kibri (The poem of pride)  10 Madad madad (Come to our help O Prophet)  11 Shṯeenzi cha mahaaji (The poem of the pilgrims)  12 Shṯeenzi cha miʾraaji (The poem of the miʿrāj)  13 Mooja chiloongole (May God guide us)  14 Mooja ondrola d̲h̲ibu (O God, remove troubles)  15 Mṯawasuleeni Musṯafa (Seek the intercession of the Chosen One)  16 Shṯeenzi cha sabri (The poem of forbearance)  17 Shṯeenzi cha sala ṯimaamu (The poem of the correct prayer)  18 Shṯeenzi cha Sayyida Khadija (The poem of Lady Khadija)  19 Shṯeenzi cha Sheikh Nureeni (The poem of Sheikh Nureni)  20 Shṯeenzi cha Faaṯima (The poem of Fatima)  21 Shṯeenzi cha hijja (The poem of the pilgrimage)  22 Shṯeenzi cha soomu (The poem of fasting)  23 Shṯeenzi cha udhʾhiya (The poem of ritual sacrifice)  24 Zubadi (The Cream) Sheikh Mohamed Sufi Biography Sheikh Mohamed Sufi’s Poems  1 Aadhaḻḻe aadha (Beware! Beware!)  2 Akhuaaniza kasaani (Listen to me, O brothers)  3 Salaaṯu na amaani (Blessings and peace upon the Prophet)  4 Susumuki (Will you not wake up?)  5 Iyi ni bishaara (These are glad tidings) Abastide Mohamed Sheikh Abba Biography Abastide Mohamed Sheikh Abba’s Poems  1 Yā man yarā wa lā yurā (O you who see and are not seen)  2 Sheekhi Imaamu aḻ-Ghazaali (O Sheikh Imam al-Ghazālī)  3 Mtume shtiilo galadi na fadhiila (Through the Prophet we attain God’s support and favour) Appendix 1: Names of God Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi Appendix 2: Names and Attributes of the Prophet Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi Appendix 3: Names of Fatima Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi Appendix 4: Names of Angels Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi Appendix 5: Names of Prophets Mentioned in the Sṯeenzi Appendix 6: Musical Annotation of the Sṯeenzi Glossary Bibliography General Index

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Book SynopsisIn Earth and Mind : Dreaming, Writing, Being Michael Bishop examines the very recent work of nine major contemporary French and Francophone writers : Yves Bonnefoy, Jacqueline Risset, Salah Stétié, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Tahar Ben Jelloun, André Velter, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Jean-Claude Pinson and Jacques Dupin. The issue of writing’s complex relation to the experience of the earth is of central pertinence, involving questions of dreaming, voice, figurativity, emotion, desire, revolt, metaphysics, meaning, poiein and being. Discussion entails close reading of works as well as broad contextualisation and a sensitivity to interrelevancies from writer to writer. Bishop’s book is intended as a companion to his 2014 Dystopie et poïein, agnose et reconnaissance. Seize études sur la poésie française et francophone contemporaine.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Biographical Note 1 Yves Bonnefoy, La Grande Ourse: Voice, Consciousness, Presence, Naming 2 Jacqueline Risset, Les Instants: Epiphany, (Un)groundedness, Trial, Desire 3 Salah Stétié, L’Être: Embodiment, Void, Unfiguredness, Uraeus 4 Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Le Livre des Suppliques: Hauntedness, Vigilance, Fable, Circularity 5 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Que la Blessure se Ferme: Light, Love, Passion, Paradox 6 André Velter, L’amour Extrême: Absoluteness, Relativity, Fury, Marvel 7 Marie-Claire Bancquart, Tracé du Vivant: Primordiality, Rites, Question, Rebirth 8 Jean-Claude Pinson, Alphabet Cyrillique: Dailiness, Autobiopoiesis, Freedom, Resistance 9 Jacques Dupin, Le Grésil: Ubac and Adret, Individuation and Pleroma A Few Closing Remarks Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisVoices from the Desert is the fifth and concluding volume of Marcel Kurpershoek’s Corpus Oral Poetry & Narratives from Central Arabia. The first volume appeared in 1994. In the Preface the author looks back on his almost twenty years of involvement with Arabian oral culture. He also discusses some of the striking features of the traditions collected in these volumes, and their significance within the broader political, social, and cultural context of the tribal system stretching from Yemen to the Anatolian highlands. An Introduction is followed by a consolidated Glossary, comprising all data accumulated and integrated from the glossaries of the previous four volumes. This elaborate glossary not only refers to the transcribed original texts in Volumes 1-4, but it has also been extended with many examples originating from corresponding Classical Arabic vocabulary, and additional Western sources. Also included are the three indispensable indices to the complete Corpus: the Index of Subjects, the Index of Tribal Names and the Index of Proper Names. A List of Recordings completes this volume. The original recordings of the poets and transmitters, in the order of the published text with a description of the tracks’ contents, can be downloaded as MP3 files from Brill’s web site at https://brill.com/page/kurpershoek.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction to the Glossary Glossary Indices List of Recordings

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Book SynopsisJavanese, a major language of Southeast Asia, possesses a little-known literature, occurring in various phases, Old, Middle and Modern. This publication presents a remarkable example, from the poetical literature of Middle Javanese, in an edited text with English translation and an extensive commentary. The aim is to acquaint a wider audience with this literature, in the hope of drawing attention to its fascinating qualities. Set principally in the Singhasari area of East Java, the narrative follows the journey of the lovers, Pañji Margasmara and Ken Candrasari, offering a glimpse of the beauty of the Javanese landscape in the 15th century. The cultural, historical and archaeological details preserved in the text help to shed light on the closing years of Majapahit, a largely unexplored period in Javanese history, before the age of Islam.Table of ContentsPreface Illustrations Abbreviations Part 1: Text and Translation By Stuart Robson Introduction  Background  Dating  Sources  Metre and Music  The Literary Context  On Gardens, Parks and Other Architecture  Language and Translation  Costume  Kidung Pañji Margasmara, Dramatis Personae Text and Translation Textual Notes Variant Readings Lexicographical List Bibliography PART 2: Notes on History and Topography By Hadi Sidomulyo Introduction Topographical Notes Historical Aspects and General Conclusions Appendix 1: A Note on the Fifteenth Century Kadipaten of Singhasari Appendix 2: Kidung Pañji Margasmara – Chronological Table Appendix 3: List of Toponyms Occurring in the KPM Bibliography Plates Index

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