Rain Song
Song of the rain is the name of the diwan of the Iraqi poet Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab. He wrote it in 1962 AD and he also has in this diwan his most famous poem, "The Rain's Song".
But the most important credit for the rain chant remains the emergence of the first signs of inspiration for the legendary heritage in Al-Sayyab’s poetry and from it in modern Arabic poetry, and his personality became identified with July and rain, as the image of Iraq became similar to Ishtar and the city and became keys to understanding his poetic world. Al-Sayyab was not confined to the Greek myth, according to the custom of European poets, but he took advantage of the Babylonian heritage and revived symbols that are still active today in the consciousness of poets. Al-Sayyab reached full maturity in this experience in the poem “City Without Rain”. We find other symbols in al-Sayyab's poetry, such as the figure of Christ in the poem "Christ after the crucifixion." Thus, al-Sayyab's connection to his cultural roots remained at the level of his flight into new horizons.
Nearly half a century later, this collection of poetry is still the most important publication in free poetry, as it was without a doubt the cornerstone in building the poetic edifice in which all subsequent poets resided, and it was clear to all that poets overcame the restrictions of the column and convinced the Arab monetary institution of the feasibility of this new form.
