Adonis Interview: I Was Born for Poetry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2015
- The story of one of the great poets of the Arab world. How an original poem written for the Syrian president sent him to school, how he got the name Adonis, revolutionized Arabic poetry and lives in the exile of being - in continuous beginnings.
Though he grew up in a poor rural farming environment, Adonis’ father familiarized him with old Arab cultural heritage. The essence of this heritage, Adonis feels, is poetry, and he thus grew up reading the classic Arab poets such as al-Mutanabbi, Abu Tammam and al-Ma’arri. When the first elected president of The Syrian Republic, Shukri al-Quwatli, came to visit his village in 1943, following Syria’s independence, the young Adonis took it upon himself to present him with a poem he had written in the president’s honour. This poem made such an impression on the president, that he granted him a wish - that of going to school.
‘Adonis’ was a name that the poet took on in his teens, inspired by his reading of the mythological tale of Adonis and motivated by the constant rejection of his poems by magazines due to his real name (Ali Ahmad Said Esber). The nature of this new name would, however, also come to be significant for how his life turned out, as he says: “In one way or another my own life became a sort of a myth… Sometimes I hesitate to tell it. Because how can someone have a dream which becomes a reality?”
In extension of this, Adonis reflects of the line of coincidences that seem to have shaped his life: “My life has been a series of continuous beginnings. One leap here, another leap there, as if it was all about escaping from the social and political environment I lived in.”
Ali Ahmad Said Esber (born 1930), known as Adonis, is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator. He took on the name ‘Adonis’ at age 17 when he was rejected by a number of magazines under his real name. Adonis is often seen as a rebel, who modernized Arabic poetry, following his own rules. In 1955 he was imprisoned in Syria as a result of his beliefs and political conviction. Following his release from prison in 1956 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon and has since resided primarily in Paris, France. From 1980-1981 he was a professor of Arabic at the Sorbonne in Paris. Adonis became a leading exponent of the Neo-Sufi trend in modern Arabic poetry and has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature many times since 1988 and is widely reputed to be the greatest living poet of the Arab world.
Adonis was interviewed by Hanna Ziadeh at his home in Copenhagen, November 2014.
Camera: Klaus Elmer
Produced by: Christian Lund
Edited by: Kamilla Bruus
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Museum of Modern Art, 2015
Supported by Nordea-fonden - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
i sometimes listen to the sound of this man speaking. I don't speak Arabic, though. His voice is soothing.
What a beautiful man.
الحمدلله قد احببتُ الشعر منذ فترة وقد تفاجئت أني قد عاصرتُ هذا الشاعر والمفكر العظيم 🙌
مفكر عظيم فيلسوف وشاعر مبدع وما دام العربان يردون يعرفون دينه قبل لايعرفون فكرة ماراح يستفيدون منه ولا من غيره وراح نظل هذا كافر وهذا من غير طائفة ودائما نتجه الى الوراء احسنتم النشر
جدا منطقي
ما فائده العلم ان كنت تنكر بخالق العلم
POETRY is really really nice to read ! I love these woven words with wings to fly high. Adonis is a poetic genius........
Here is a creative genius working for us all for last 70 years I guess ! When shall he be awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature!?.... He has been honoured across the world today. How do the Nobel Committee work !??........
Beautiful interview and introduction to a poet that deserves much more attention. Thank you.
Thank you for this interview and the guest is a great man in the holistic sense of the word
طلاب السادس اللقاء مطابق لشرح الكتاب
إن وجدوا هنا
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he deserves the nobel prize
HOUSSEM BEN ALI yes he deserves
أدونيس.أحد ملوك الشعر والفكر. وهم قلائل. لايتجاوزون. اصابع اليد
i thoroughly enjoyed this
سبحان الشَّعر...سبحان الفكر..أدونيس العظيم
لا الخارج يعنيني والداخل ضيق علي.... كعطر وردة تكاد ان تموت.
30:18 Al Mutanabbi the greatest poet of all Arabs as he's known was a master of the Arabic language. Here he was playing with words to trick his detractors when he says: I'm the "NO" prophet that The Prophet was referring to. The Arabic quote or statement by Mohammed literally word by word was: "NO prophet will be after me", meaning "No one will be a prophet after me", but Al Mutanabbi twisted the meaning sarcastically to mean "NO" is the name of the prophet that will come later, referring to himself being that prophet called "NO"!
I’m Arab poet, this is not true
I did well 💯💯
Lovely
For god sake what a person you are adonis i feel like you are the old friend of mine that I’ve known just today
Sorry to be late to know you
Your opinions and thoughts are closer to me than my heart
It is true what they say, 'Art and philosophy go hand in hand'. As Adonis intimates, the poet invites questions.
he is such resoundingly brilliant little porriah.
i dont think it is wise to call him a porriah. recently in an interview adonis said he is not only a poet with his words but also an artist with his fists and he isnt hesitant to use them.
interesting interview of Arab Poet
A Master of his class
Really?
سعيدة لمعاصرته❤️
تستاهل جائزة نوبل للأدب و الشعر يا رجل
يستاهل نوبل
Is he still living now?
Yes, he lives in France now.
طلاب السادس 🥲🥲
طالبة سادس ٢٠٢٥
ALL DYLAN'S WORK ISN'T WORTH AN ADONIS POEM...IN AS MUCH AS I LOVE BOB DYLAN.
( فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ )
(So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants.)
(Il est semblable à un chien qui halète si tu l'attaques, et qui halète aussi si tu le laisses)
الشاعر له رأيه فيما وراء الطبيعه ....الخ
قف قليلا أيها الشاعر والفنان المتمزق الى اين ياادونيس ؟؟
ألا تعرف ان لكل عرش ملكٌ وحراس ولكل مملكةٍ حدود وابواب ..! ؟
ان كان خيالك ليس له حدود فا لأنه الشي الكاذب منك وعليك وليس له في الوجود حقيقةٌ معهوده!
واما الزمن فقد حدد عمرك وكذا المكان قد حدد أرضك وتلك الحقائق مشهوده!
وكل شئ ليس له مثل محسوس ليس له حقيقة جليه!
ادونيس زجال
ونصيري
يلزمه دف فقط ليحصل على الشهرة
تخيل في كل المحيط العربي
الناطق بالعربية
لا يوجد سبعطش واحد يحفظ لادونيس بيتين من الشعر
غياءك مذهل كأنك حفيد القرضاوي
أنا أحفظه
صدقت.. عدم حفظ الناس لشعره دليل على فشله. ولذلك هو يهاجم دايما الناس ويقول ( الشهرة دليل الفشل لان الجماهير غبية اصلا ) ههههه مقهور هههه
Vastly overrated dude right there.
اقطع وخس
يا ملحد
كلي خرا
Sam Onyoutube
اخرس خالص
Sam Onyoutube
ليس لك الحق في الكلام
اخرس
Sumayaa Yiylas يلعن ربك معتوهة... هاهاهاهاهاهاها
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اخرررررررس
انت كنصيري
بالاساس ماعندك دين
شوية هرطقة وطلاسم
لاتقنع كر
لذلك انكرتها
لكنك لم تعلن قطيعتك لثقافة كاس العرق
فهو موروث ثقافي قديم
النصيرية ...تفرط من الضحك
بغض النظر عن انو ادونيس واحد علاك ... بس انت الجهل عم ينئط منك ويشرشر .. لسا عايش بزمن وبوهم الماضي ونصيري وخرا .. خرا براسك مأغباك
الاخونجي من المستحيل ان يتخطى فصيلة الحيوانات ....... غريب امركم
من يتكلم مسلم يطوف حول حجر ويذهب الى السعودية ليرجم الشيطان 😂😂😂 ويؤمن ان نبيه المعتوه سافر الى الفضاء بواسطة بغل.حتى طفل نصيري اذكى من مشايخكم
ولله ما حدا مسخرة غيرك. جاي تهاجم شخص مرشح لجائزة نويل وانت نكرة عرعوري