Best Middle Eastern Poetry Books
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1. The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
Author: by Jalal al-Din Rumi
0062509594
HarperOne
English
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.
The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.
2. The Prophet (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
Author: by Kahlil Gibran
Penguin Classics
English
128 pages
“My all-time favorite collection of poems … [Gibran’s] poetry always roots me in my humanity.” -Rupi Kaur, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Milk and Honey, The Sun and Her Flowers, and Home BodyA stunning new hardcover edition-with a full linen case, copper stamping, turquoise gilded edges, and colored endpapers-of one of the world’s most beloved and popular spiritual classics, featuring a new foreword by Rupi KaurThe most famous work of spiritual fiction of the twentieth century, The Prophet is rooted in Kahlil Gibran’s own experience as an immigrant and provides inspiration to anyone feeling adrift in a world in flux.
As a prophet named Almustafa is about to board a ship to travel back to his homeland after twelve years in exile, he is stopped by a group of people who ask him to share his wisdom before he leaves.
In twenty-eight poetic essays, he does so, offering profound and timeless insights on many aspects of life, including love, pain, friendship, family, beauty, religion, joy, sorrow, and death. An immediate success when first published in 1923, The Prophet is a modern classic, having been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone.
3. The Epic of Gilgamesh
Author: by Anonymous
Penguin Classics
English
128 pages
290 pages
0743261690
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Gilgamesh is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, but until now there has not been a version that is a superlative literary text in its own right. Acclaimed by critics and scholars, Stephen Mitchell’s version allows us to enter an ancient masterpiece as if for the first time, to see how startlingly beautiful, intelligent, and alive it is.
5. The Gift
Author: by Hafiz
Penguin Compass
English
352 pages
Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all timeMore than any other Persian poeteven RumiHafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry.
Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the Invisible Tongue. Indeed, Daniel Ladinsky has said that his work with Hafiz is an attempt to do the impossible: to render Light into wordsto make the Luminous Resonance of God tangible to our finite senses.
I ama hole in a flutethat the Christ’s breath movesthroughlisten to thismusic! With this stunning collection of Hafiz’s most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of The Gift imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.
6. The Prophet: With Original 1923 Illustrations by the Author
Author: by Kahlil Gibran
English
48 pages
1947844938
Kahlil Gibran published “The Prophet” in 1923 and saw immediate success, but its real popularity came after his death. It remains popular today, providing insight and spiritual significance to ordinary human experiences. Gibran poetically addresses topics such as “Love” and “Marriage” as well as more mundane ones like “Work” and “Talking.” Gibran’s “spiritual fiction” does not shy away from deeper aspects of human life, either.
Almustafa, the prophet, speaks also about “Good and Evil”, “Joy and Sorrow”, and even “Death.” This compact soft cover edition contains the original illustrations, made by Gibran himself.
7. The Prophet
Author: by Kahlil Gibran
B08KQXCB77
English
98 pages
A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran’s classic work of prose poetry, containing 26 fables where the titular prophet, Al Mustafa, tells lessons and stories about all aspects of the human condition – love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.
“The Prophet” is work a rare stylistic beauty and depth that has spoken to generations of readers and, since its original publication in English in 1923, it has been translated into over 100 languages and has never been out of print, making it one of the most widely read and beloved works of the 20th century.
8. The Love Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili (Timeless Rumi)
Author: by Rumi
English
128 pages
1577152174
Translated by renowned Rumi expert Nader Khalili, over 120 poems about love from the Persian mystic poet and Sufi master have been carefully collected and curated in this beautifully illustrated edition. For more than eight centuries, Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumicommonly referred to simply as Rumihas enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry.
The verses herein perfectly express and are centered on the theme of love, along with the quest, desire, and deeper meanings of love for not only ourselves, but also of our fellow humankind. The Sweetheart the sweetheart who is blocking my sleep demands tears on my knees throwing me silently into the waves changing the water to liquid sweet With intricately designed and richly colored covers that mirror the beauty of the words within, the Timeless Rumi series presents themed collections of poems from the great Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi that serve as cherished tools for self-reflection.
9. Euphoria
Author: by F. S. Yousaf
English
129 pages
1983410365
In F.S.Yousaf’s debut poetry collection, he writes of a journey dedicated to growth, mental illness, spirituality, and self-reflections. Filled with various topics and powerful poetry, this collection will surely give you different emotions, ones which you wouldn’t experience otherwise.
10. Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings
Author: by Ferdowsi
Liveright
English
592 pages
Vividly translated and lushly illustrated, this edition of the Persian epic Shahnameh is fully illuminated for new audiences. Ferdowsi’s classic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part historybeginning with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history, it contains magical birds and superhuman heroes and centuries-long battles.
Written over 1,000 years ago, it was meant to protect Persian collective memory amidst a turbulent sea of cultural storms. Originally written in couplets, the translation and adaptation by Ahmad Sadri retells the mythological tales in prose format. The spectacular illustrations in this edition were created from elements culled from thousands of manuscripts, lithographs, and miniatures dating from the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries, and each panel becomes a new work of art, an exquisite collage of traditional forms.
500 + full-color illustrations
11. Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Penguin Classics)
Author: by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Penguin Classics
English
1040 pages
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Irannow newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language editionA Penguin Classic Dick Davisour pre-eminent translator from the Persian (The Washington Post)has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text.
Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature.
This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez.
12. Mind Platter
Author: by Najwa Zebian
1449492878
English
224 pages
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13. The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions)
Author: by Benjamin R. Foster
English
272 pages
0393643980
This scrupulous new translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh manages to convey much of the archaic power and even something of the occasional humor of the ancient Mesopotamian poem. What is especially valuable is that the translators, by collating passages from the different ancient versions of this epic that have survived only in fragments, have made available many vivid narrative episodes that will be new to most English readers of the poem.
Robert Alter, University of California, BerkeleyThis Norton Critical Edition includes:An expanded translation from the Akkadian by Benjamin R. Foster based on new discoveries, adding lines throughout the world’s oldest epic masterpiece.Benjamin R. Foster’s full introduction and expanded explanatory annotations.
Eleven illustrations. Analogues from the Sumerian and Hittite narrative traditions along with The Gilgamesh Letter, a parody of the epic enjoyed by Mesopotamian schoolchildren during the first millennium BCE. Essays by Thorkild Jacobsen, William L. Moran, Susan Ackerman, and Andrew R.
14. I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy
Author: by Hafiz
0143037811
Penguin Books
English
From bestselling poet Daniel Ladinsky, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet Hafiz to Western readers To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continues to be quoted in daily life.
With uncanny insight, Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the mystic’s path of lovea journey in which love dissolves personal boundaries and limitations to join larger processes of growth and transformation.
With this stunning collection, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in capturing the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and spiritual voices. If you haven’t yet had the delight of dining with Daniel Ladinsky’s sweet, playful renderings of the musings of the great saints, I Heard God Laughing is a perfect appetizer….
This newly released edition of his first playful foray into Hafiz’s divinely inspired poetry is essential reading…. Ladinsky is a master who will be remembered for finally bringing Hafiz alive in the West. Alexandra Marks, The Christian Science Monitor
15. The Nectar Of Pain
Author: by Najwa Zebian
1449492894
English
320 pages
Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal gift to yourself and to your loved ones.
Care instruction keep away from fire.
