Badre Shakir Al-Sayyab The Early Departure: 70 Selected Poems

These are selected poems of the eminent modern Iraqi poet Badre Shakir Al-Sayyab (1926-1964) who developed a modern style in writing Arabic poetry, which soon became popular in modern Iraqi and, by extension, Arabic poetry.

Though a couple of his poems were translated into English and French, this is the first time that such a collection of his poetry has been translated and published.