''Rain Song'' (انشودة المطر “Unshūdat almaṭar”) is a famous 1960 poetry collection and Arabic poem by
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab One of the "great poems in modern Arabic poetry", it has been compared to
T.S. Eliot's ''
The Waste Land''.
Song
The poem was set to music by Saudi singer and composer
Mohammed Abdu
Mohammed Abdu ( ar, محمد عبده ; born June 12, 1949) is a Saudi singer who is renowned across the Middle East and Arab world. He has been described as "''Artist of the Arabs''."
Early years
Mohammed Abdu was born on June 12, 1949 in ...
in 1992.
References
1960 poems
1960 poetry books
Iraqi poetry
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