The Book of Rain The Following Scan moving from fragment to fragment

moving from fragment to fragment

the body assumes many forms as love produces many states: attraction and repulsion

their words move among time’s broken limbs

om altijd bij je te dragen en voor te lezen aan wie het maar horen wil

The Book of Rain The Following Scan moving from fragment to fragmentAb Zayd al Anr The contents of the future are the contents of a cloud. So begins translator David Larsens introduction for the Book of Rain, the earliest known catalogue of Arabic weather words, by early Arabic linguist Ab Zayd al Anr. In Larsens translation, Ab Zayds lexicography of rain is simultaneously an academic, archival, and poetic pursuit. After the fashion of Larsens award winning translation of Names of the Lion, these rich, extensive lists