These poems, from the astonishing 10th- through 13th-century civilization in Andalusia, are based on the codex of Ibn Sa'id, who wanted poems "whose idea is more subtle than the West Wind, and whose language is more beautiful than a fair face." Spanish readers have long been enchanted by their enduring appeal through the versions by Emilio García Gómez. This poetry of Arab Andalusia made a profound impact on Spain's Generation of ‘27. Rafael Alberti says that it "was a revelation for me and had a great influence on my work, but above all influenced the work of Federico García Lorca." "Cola Franzen's vibrant, delicious and faithful renderings of this poetic motherlode are, to quote from a poet in her marvelous compilation, 'shooting stars that leap agile as acrobats.'"—Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, author of An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles "Of those things which delight the senses (according to a Tradition of the Prophet) the chiefest are 'water, green things & a beautiful face'; therefore a poetry of noble exquisiteness limits itself to certain tropes, in which the wisdom of sensuality is endlessly rediscovered. Blow dust from the folios of the vanished Moors & be stabbed by the URGENT NECESSITY of light-dappled fountains, the fractals of the garden, the transmutations of desire."—Peter Lamborn Wilson, author of Ploughing the Clouds Cola Franzen has translated from Spanish some twenty volumes of prose and poetry, including Claudia Guillén's The Challenge of Comparative Literature, and Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer by Alicia Borinsky. The Garden by Abd Allah Ibn Al-simak The Procuress by Abu Jaafar Fiesta In A Garden by Abu L-qasim Ibn-saqqat Mourning In Andalusia by Abu-l-hasan Al-husri To A Person Reed Blown About By The Wind by Abul Hajjaj Reflection Of Wine by Abul Hasan Of Seville Rain Over The River by Abul Qasim Of Alcira The White Stallion by Abus Salt The Sun by Al-haitham White Stallion With Black Markings On His Hooves by Al-haitham The Stork by Ghalib Ibn Ribah Al-hajjam Night Of Love by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria Tide In The Guadalquivir by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria The Valley Of Almeria by Ben Safar Al-marini Of Almeria Night Of Festivities by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid The Prisoner In Aghmat Speaks To His Chains by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid Remembering Silves by Muhammad Ii Al-mu'tamid Reproach by Abd Al-rahman Al-mustazhir Slave Boy by Yusuf Ibn Harun Al-ramadi Absence by Abu Bakr Al-turtushi White Skin by Ibn Abd Rabbihi Honey River by Ibn Abi Rawh Insomnia by Abu Amir Ibn Al-hammarah Al-mu 'tamid And His Family Go Into Exile by Ibn Al-labbana In The Battle by Ibn Al-qabturnu Invitation by Ibn Al-qabturnu Petition For A Falcon by Ibn Al-qabturnu Walnut by Ibn Al-qutiya The Fountain by Ibn Al-ra'i'a Gift Of A Mirror by Ibn Al-sabuni The Goblets by Idris Ibn Al-yamani Scene Of Love by Ibn Baqi The Rooster by Ibn Billita Lilies by Ibn Darraj Al-andalusi Chastity by Ibn Faraj Blue River by Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al-rusafi Serene Evening by Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al-rusafi My Beloved Comes by Ibn Hazm Split My Heart by Ibn Hazm Grainfield by Ibn Iyad Leavetaking by Ibn Jakha The Embroidered Wrap by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim Ibn Ali 'l-fath Ibn Khafaja The Dancer by Ibn Kharuf Festival By The River by Ibn Lubbal The Battle by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi Black Horse With White Chest by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi The Wind by Ibn Sa'id Al-maghribi Satire by Ibn Sharaf After The Revels by Ibn Shuhayd Summer Storm by Ibn Shuhayd Drinking Poem by Ibn Siraj Fragments From The 'qasida In The Rhyme Of Nun' by Abu 'l-walid Ahmad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Zaidun Written From Al-zahra by Abu 'l-walid Ahmad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Zaidun Apology by Ibrahim Ibn Uthman The Beauty At The Revels by Marwan Ibn Abd Al-rahman My Beautiful One by Safwan Ibn Idris Daybreak by Sahl Ben Malik The Brazier by Ben Sara Of Santaren Pool With Turtles by Ben Sara Of Santaren Bubbles by Ubadah Ibn Ma' Al-sama The Beloved by Umar Ibn Umar -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® Used Book in Good Condition