NOTES TO PAGES 227-250 28245 Buland Haidari in Shi'r (Beirut), 42 (Spring 1969), 112. See S. Moreh,'Poetry in
Prose in Modem Arabic Literature', Middle Eastern Studies rv, 4 (1968), 330—60.
46 See, e.g. his poem Rubdtiyyat in M. M. Badawi, An Anthology of Modern Arabic Verse.
pp. 230-6.
47 For an assessment in English of Taufiq Sayigh's poetry see Issa J. Boullata, The
Beleaguered Unicom: A Study of Tawflq Sayigh', JAL, iv (1973), 69-94. Here are
the Arabic titles of the volumes: Tammuzfi't Madina. al-Madar al-Mughlaq;
Thalathun Qasida, al-Qasida Kaf. Mu'allaqat Taufiq Sayigh; Huznfi Dau' al-Qamar.
Ghurfa bi Malayin al-Judran, and al-Farah laysa Mihnati.
48 Unsi al-Hajj. Lan (Beirut, 1960), pp. 6-9; 14-15.
49 Dtwan Nazik al-Mala'ika (Beirut, 1970), 2 vols. This is the edition to which references
are made in this section. The Arabic titles of the works discussed are:
Qadaya al-Shi'r al-Mu'asir. Ma'sat al-Hayat. Ughniyya li'l Insan i, n, 'Ashiqat al-Lail,
Shazaya wa Ramad. Qararat al-Maujah, and Shajarat al-Qamar. The poems alluded to
are 'Ashiqat al-Lail. al-Ghurub. Marra'l Qitar. al-Uf'uwan. Nihayat al-Sullam. al-Haribun,
al-Za'ir alladhi lam yaji', and Khams Aghanin li'l Alam.
50 The Arabic titles are Dalila, Qalat al-Ard. Qasa'id Ola. Idha qultu ya Suriyya, Auraq
fi'l Rih, Aghani Mihyar al-Dimashqi, Kitab al-Tahawwulat wa'l Hijrafi Aqalim
al-Nahar wa'l hail, al-Masrah wa'l Maraya. Waqt bain al-Ramad wa'l Ward, Qabr min
ajl New York. The Complete Works edition to which all references to the poems are
made is Adunis, al-Athar al-Kamila, 2 vols. (Beirut, 1971). Adunis's collection of
critical essays used in this discussion is Zaman al-Shi'r (Beirut, 1972). On the
unusual and somewhat romantic tale of Adunis's education see the Introduction to
The Blood of Adonis, Transpositions of Selected Poems of Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said)
by Samuel Hazo (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971).
51 See the interview with Adunis reported in his periodical Mawaqif\M\A( 1971), 5.
52 See Mawiqif, 15 (June 1971), 3 -7.
53 Matar published several volumes, e.g. Min Daftar al-Samt (1969), Kitab al-Ard wa'l
Dam(1971),al-Ju' wa'lQamar(l972).
54 The Arabic titles of poems discussed are: Hudiid al-Ya's, Faragh. Qultu lakum.
Laysa laka Ikhtiyar, al-Zaman al-Saghir. Watan, Shajarat al-Nar, Janazat Imra'a.
Mir'at al-Ard. Muqaddima li Tarikh Muluk al-Tawa'if, and Hadha huwa Ism'i.
5 5 Khalida Sa'id, al-Bahth 'an al-Judhur (Beirut, 1960), p. 60.
56 The Arabic titles of Khal's works are al-Hurriyya, Hirudiya, Utwan al-Shtr al-
Amriki. al-Btr al-Mahjura, Qas a'idffl Arba'in, and Qasa'id Mukhtara.
57 Qasa'id Mukhtara, p. 22. The Arabic titles of poems are al-Sha'ir. al-Daya'. al-Dara
al-Sauda'. Nida' al-Bahr. al-Du'a'. al-Safar. al-'Auda. al-Bi'r al-Mahjura. Umniyyat
Sha'ir. Salahfi'lHaikal, al-'Umr. al-Rahil. al-Qasida al-Tawila.
58 Al-'Umr, (mm Qasa'id Mukhtara, pp. 137ff.
59 Qasa'id fi'l Arab'in, pp. 54, 65.
60 The Arabic titles of Hawi's collections are Nahr al-Ramad. al-Nay wa'l Rlh and
Bayadir al-JW. The references are to the second edition of Nahr (1961), but to the
first edition of the other two.
61 Al-Bahhar wa'l Darwish. For an English translation see JAL. i (1970), 83ff. The
Arabic titles of other poems alluded to are: LayaTi Bairut, Na'sh al-Sukara. Jahim
Band, Bila 'Unwan, FiJaufal-Hut. Dahikat al-Sighar, Sadum. al-Majusfi Urubba. Ba'd
al-Jalid, al-Hubb wa'l Juljula. 'Auda ila Sadum. al-Jisr, 'Inda'l Bassam, al-Nay wa'l Rih.
Wujuh al-Sindibdd, al-Sindibadfi Rihlatihi al-Thamina. al-Kahf. Jinniyat al-Shati'.
La'azir 'Am 1962. Hufra bila Qa'.
62 Qasa'id Mukhtara min al-Shi'r al-'Alams al-Hadith (Baghdad, n.d.). The Arabic titles
of Sayyab's works are: Azhar Dhabila. Asatir, Unshudat al-Matar. al-Ma'bad al-Ghariq.