Happy is he to whom mussels come . . .

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Part Two 1
5. An Account of the Lineage of the Poet and Its Components
6. His Lineage 4
7. His Village 4
8. The Shape of His Beard 6
9. The Origins of His Good Fortune in His Early Days and How Fate Came to Turn Against Him 13
10. The Ode of Abū Shādūf with Commentary
11. Says Abū Shādūf . . . 34
12. Me, the lice and nits . . . 60
13. And none has harmed me . . . 84
14. And more inauspicious than him . . . 104
15. And from the descent of the Inspectors . . . 116
16. And on the day when the tax collectors come . . . 130
17. And I flee next to the women . . . 140
18. Almost all my life on the tax . . . 166
19. And on the day when the corvée descends . . . 176
20. And nothing has demolished me . . . 182
21. And nothing has made me yearn . . . 198
22. Happy is he who sees bīsār come to him . . . 208
23. Happy is he who sees a bowl . . . 222
24. Happy is he to whom comes a basin . . . 228
25. Happy is he who gobbles energetically . . . 232
26. Happy is he who drinks a crock . . . 236
27. Happy is he to whom mussels come . . . 240
28. If I see next to me one day a casserole . . . 244
29. When shall I see mallow . . . 250
30. When shall I see grilled beans . . . 256
31. When shall I see that he’s ground the flour . . . 260
32. Ah how good is vetch-and-lentils . . . 264
33. Ah how fine is toasted bread . . . 268
34. And I’ll sit with one knee crooked . . . 274
35. Happy is he who finds himself next to rice pudding . . . 276
36. Happy is he who fills his cap with a moist little cheese . . . 286
37. Happy is he who sees his mother’s bowl full . . . 294
38. And I’ll sit down to it with ardor . . . 298
39. Now I wonder, how is milk . . . 302
40. Now I wonder, how is flaky-pastry . . . 306
41. Should I see the bowl of the son of my uncle . . . 310
42. Me, my wish is for a meal of fisīkh . . . 326
43. Happy is he who has seen in the oven . . . 330
44. And made faṭāyir cakes . . . 338
45. Happy is he who sees a casserole . . . 342
46. Happy is he who sees in the refuse dump . . . 356
47. If I live I shall go to the city . . . 370
48. And I’ll steal from the mosque . . . 384
49. And I’ll get me a felt cap . . . 398
50. And by me will sit . . . 422
51. And I’ll rejoice in the throng . . . 426
52. And I close my ode with blessings . . . 428
53. Some Miscellaneous Anecdotes with Which We Conclude the Book 430
54. Let Us Conclude This Book with Verses from the Sea of Inanities 440
55. Notes 445
56. Glossary 488
57. Bibliography 513
58. Further Reading 527
59. Index 531
60. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 542
61. About the Typefaces 543
62. Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature 544
63. About the Editor–Translator 546