title: Arabic Poetry: A Primer for Students (English and Arabic Edition)
author:  A. J. Arberry 
description: Originally published in 1965, this is an introductory book for university students of Arabic literature. Beginning with a substantial introduction on development, nature, forms and rhythms, the main body of the book is an anthology of Arabic poems in the original, from the sixth century onwards.
zlib_text:  ASIN : B07R2LXTKL 
  Published by Kiindle, 2019
  
  1
  Selections from Arabic Poetry
  Translated by
  Amr M. El-Zawawy
  Associate Professor of Translation and Linguistics
  
  2
  Contents
  TRANSLATOR’S NOTE....................................................................................................................................2
  Ibrahim 'Abd al-Qadir al-Mazini................................................................................................................6
  1. If I Ever Lived a Day...........................................................................................................................6
  2. Between Reverie and Sleepy Blinking...............................................................................................7
  Kamel El-Shennawi ...................................................................................................................................8
  3. Death ......................................................................................