Salīm Barakāt, Syrian
Kurdish poet, completed his thirty-page poem al-Mu‘jam (The Obscure) in
2004.[1]
The poem deals with the relationship between the poet and Evil, the
relationship of Evil to Good, and the failure of Good to persuade in the face
of Evil’s deceptive ways. We see the poet as a failed arbiter between Evil and
Good. Reason and rationality do not prevail. Consequently, there is a need for
an intercessor on the Day of Judgment. The poet is convinced that remorse will
win an acceptable intercessor, the Mercy of Allah. The poem throughout is a
journey through the Qur’ān from beginning to end. It is also the poet’s journey
towards the Sufi goal.
[1]
Salīm Barakāt. (2007).
al-Aʽmāl al-Shi‘riyyah Salīm Barakāt (The Poetry Works of Salīm Barakāt), pp. 559-592.
Barakat wrote his poem al-Mu‘jam
(The Obscure) between January 2003 and August 2004. I will include my
translation of the entire poem in my forthcoming book Creativity Itself:
According to Salim Barakat and Mahmud Darwish.
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 25 Ocak 2020 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 1 Kasım 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2020 |
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