{"id":11625,"date":"2015-12-27T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=11625"},"modified":"2015-12-27T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T10:42:58","slug":"nazik-al-malaika-cholera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/nazik-al-malaika-cholera\/","title":{"rendered":"Nazik Al-Malaika, Cholera"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_11626\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/photo\/author\/3390373._\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11626\" aria-label=\"Nazik 300x235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11626\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626\"  alt=\"Image of poet from goodreads.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Nazik-300x235.jpg\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of poet from goodreads.com<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Nazik Al-Malaika<\/strong> (August 23, 1923 \u2013 20 June 2007<u><sup>]<\/sup><\/u>) (Arabic: \u0646\u0627\u0632\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629\u200e) is an Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of the most influential contemporary Iraqi female poets. Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cultured family. Her mother was also a poet, and her father was a teacher. She wrote her first poem at the age of 10. Al-Malaika graduated in 1944 from the College of Arts in Baghdad and later completed a Master&#8217;s degree in comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison, and she was appointed professor at Baghdad University, the University of Basra, and Kuwait University.<\/h3>\n<h3>Al-Malaika left Iraq in 1970 with her husband Abdel Hadi Mahbooba and family, following the rise of the Baath Party to power. She died in Cairo, Egypt in 2007 at the age of 83.<\/h3>\n<h3>Al-Malaika published several books of poem. She wrote <strong>&#8220;al-kolera&#8221; (Cholera)<\/strong> poem which considered by critics as a revolution in the Arabic poem in 1947.<\/h3>\n<h3>Below is one of her most famous poems, Cholera and its translation.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0631\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0633\u0643\u064e\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0635\u063a\u0650 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0648\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0639 \u0635\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0639\u064f\u0645\u0652\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0644\u0645\u0629\u0650, \u062a\u062d\u062a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0645\u062a\u0650, \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0648\u0627\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0635\u064e\u0631\u062e\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064c \u062a\u0639\u0644\u0648, \u062a\u0636\u0637\u0631\u0628\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u062d\u0632\u0646\u064c \u064a\u062a\u062f\u0641\u0642\u064f, \u064a\u0644\u062a\u0647\u0628\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u062a\u0639\u062b\u0651\u064e\u0631 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0635\u064e\u062f\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u0647\u0627\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644 \u0641\u0624\u0627\u062f\u064d \u063a\u0644\u064a\u0627\u0646\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u062e\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0643\u0646\u0650 \u0623\u062d\u0632\u0627\u0646\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646\u064d \u0631\u0648\u062d\u064c \u062a\u0635\u0631\u062e\u064f \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0638\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0645\u0627\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644\u0651\u0650 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646\u064d \u064a\u0628\u0643\u064a \u0635\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u0642\u062f \u0645\u064e\u0632\u0651\u0642\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u0627 \u062d\u064f\u0632\u0652\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064a\u0644\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0627\u0631\u062e\u0650 \u0645\u0645\u0627 \u0641\u0639\u0644\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0637\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062c\u0631\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0623\u0635\u063a\u0650 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0648\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0639 \u062e\u064f\u0637\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0634\u064a\u0646\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0635\u0645\u062a\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u062c\u0652\u0631, \u0623\u0635\u0650\u062e\u0652, \u0627\u0646\u0638\u064f\u0631\u0652 \u0631\u0643\u0628\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0643\u064a\u0646<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0639\u0634\u0631\u0629\u064f \u0623\u0645\u0648\u0627\u062a\u064d, \u0639\u0634\u0631\u0648\u0646\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u0652\u0635\u0650 \u0623\u0635\u0650\u062e\u0652 \u0644\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0643\u064a\u0646\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0633\u0645\u0639\u0652 \u0635\u0648\u062a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0651\u0650\u0641\u0652\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0643\u064a\u0646<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0645\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0649, \u0645\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0649, \u0636\u0627\u0639\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u062f\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0645\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0649, \u0645\u0648\u062a\u064e\u0649, \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0642\u064e \u063a\u064e\u062f\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644\u0651\u0650 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646\u064d \u062c\u064e\u0633\u064e\u062f\u064c \u064a\u0646\u062f\u064f\u0628\u064f\u0647 \u0645\u062d\u0632\u0648\u0646\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u0644\u062d\u0638\u064e\u0629\u064e \u0625\u062e\u0644\u0627\u062f\u064d \u0644\u0627 \u0635\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0645\u0627 \u0641\u0639\u0644\u062a\u0652 \u0643\u0641\u0651\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u062a\u0634\u0643\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0651\u0629\u064f \u062a\u0634\u0643\u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0631\u062a\u0643\u0628\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0631\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0641\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064f\u0639\u0652\u0628 \u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0634\u0644\u0627\u0621\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0635\u0645\u0652\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0628\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u064a \u062d\u064a\u062b\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u062f\u0648\u0627\u0621\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0633\u062a\u064a\u0642\u0638\u064e \u062f\u0627\u0621\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0631\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u062d\u0642\u0652\u062f\u064b\u0627 \u064a\u062a\u062f\u0641\u0651\u0642\u064f \u0645\u0648\u0652\u062a\u0648\u0631\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0647\u0628\u0637\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0650\u062d\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0648\u064f\u0636\u0651\u0627\u0621\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u0635\u0631\u062e\u064f \u0645\u0636\u0637\u0631\u0628\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u062c\u0646\u0648\u0646\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0633\u0645\u064e\u0639\u064f \u0635\u0648\u062a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u0643\u064a\u0646\u0627<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644\u0651\u0650 \u0645\u0643\u0627\u0646\u064d \u062e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0641\u064e \u0645\u062e\u0644\u0628\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0623\u0635\u062f\u0627\u0621\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0643\u0648\u062e \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0644\u0627\u0651\u062d\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064a\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064e \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0635\u0631\u064e\u062e\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0641\u064a \u0634\u062e\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0633\u064a \u064a\u0646\u062a\u0642\u0645\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0645\u062a\u064f \u0645\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064e \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0631\u062c\u0652\u0639\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0643\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u062d\u062a\u0651\u0649 \u062d\u064e\u0641\u0651\u0627\u0631\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0628\u0631 \u062b\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0649 \u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0628\u0642\u064e \u0646\u064e\u0635\u0650\u064a\u0631\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639\u064f \u0645\u0627\u062a\u064e \u0645\u0624\u0630\u0651\u0646\u064f\u0647\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0651\u062a\u064f \u0645\u0646 \u0633\u064a\u0624\u0628\u0651\u0646\u064f\u0647\u064f<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0645 \u064a\u0628\u0642\u064e \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0646\u0648\u0652\u062d\u064d \u0648\u0632\u0641\u064a\u0631\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0637\u0641\u0644\u064f \u0628\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0645\u0651\u064d \u0648\u0623\u0628\u0650<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u0628\u0643\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064d \u0645\u0644\u062a\u0647\u0650\u0628\u0650<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0648\u063a\u062f\u064b\u0627 \u0644\u0627 \u0634\u0643\u0651\u064e \u0633\u064a\u0644\u0642\u0641\u064f\u0647\u064f \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u0621\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0651\u064a\u0631\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u0627 \u0634\u0628\u064e\u062d\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0647\u064a\u0652\u0636\u0629 \u0645\u0627 \u0623\u0628\u0642\u064a\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0644\u0627 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064e \u0633\u0648\u0649 \u0623\u062d\u0632\u0627\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f, \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u064f, \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right\">\u064a\u0627 \u0645\u0635\u0631\u064f \u0634\u0639\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0645\u0632\u0651\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0645\u0627 \u0641\u0639\u0644\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0652<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Cholera<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>It is night.<\/h3>\n<h3>Listen to the echoing wails<\/h3>\n<h3>rising above the silence in the dark<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>the agonized, overflowing grief<\/h3>\n<h3>clashing with the wails.<\/h3>\n<h3>In every heart there is fire,<\/h3>\n<h3>in every silent hut, sorrow,<\/h3>\n<h3>and everywhere, a soul crying in the dark.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>It is dawn.<\/h3>\n<h3>Listen to the footsteps of the passerby,<\/h3>\n<h3>in the silence of the dawn.<\/h3>\n<h3>Listen, look at the mourning processions,<\/h3>\n<h3>ten, twenty, no\u2026 countless.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>Everywhere lies a corpse, mourned<\/h3>\n<h3>without a eulogy or a moment of silence.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>Humanity protests against the crimes of death.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>Cholera is the vengeance of death.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>Even the gravedigger has succumbed,<\/h3>\n<h3>the muezzin is dead,<\/h3>\n<h3>and who will eulogize the dead?<\/h3>\n<h3>\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3>O Egypt, my heart is torn by the ravages of death.<\/h3>\n<h3>Translated by Husain Haddawy, with Nathalie Handal<\/h3>\n<ol start=\"2001\">\n<li>\n<h3>177 The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology. Ed. Nathalie Handal. Interlink Books: New York, 2001.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Sources:<\/h3>\n<p>Poet Biography: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazik_Al-Malaika<\/p>\n<p>Poem: http:\/\/www.adab.com\/modules.php?name=Sh3er&amp;doWhat=shqas&amp;qid=444<\/p>\n<p>Translation: https:\/\/laurelharig.wordpress.com\/tag\/nazik-al-malaika\/<\/p>\n<p>Photo: http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3390373._<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Nazik-350x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Nazik-350x274.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Nazik.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u00a0 Nazik Al-Malaika (August 23, 1923 \u2013 20 June 2007]) (Arabic: \u0646\u0627\u0632\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0626\u0643\u0629\u200e) is an Iraqi female poet and is considered by many to be one of the most influential contemporary Iraqi female poets. Al-Malaika was born in Baghdad to a cultured family. 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