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Author's name: Walt Whitman Publication: Al-Takween for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2024 Literary classification: Poetry Book overview: The translator sees that there is a symphonic harmony between Whitman's life and his poetry that makes us hesitate not for a moment to look at him as a historian of the new American soul and a poetic speaker on behalf of its major intellectual harbingers during the second half of the nineteenth century. Like Greek Homer, Italian Dante, English Shakespeare, or perhaps our Arab poet Al-Mutanabbi, Whitman's name is closely linked to the pulse of his era, to the nation in which he was raised, and to the culture that contributed to shaping and enriching his poetic imagination. English novelist Dr. H. Lawrence describes him as one of the greatest poets in the world, saying: "Whitman, the great poet, means a lot to me. Whitman, that person who marches to the forefront. Whitman, that pioneer. Only Whitman. There are no English or French pioneers. There are no European pioneering poets. In Europe, those who wanted to be pioneers were nothing but reformers. The same applies in America. Before Whitman, there is nothing. Before all poets, immersed in the wilderness of closed life, is Whitman. After him, no one." Oh, universe, ever-rolling sphere! Through space and air! O waters that flood us! O vital force in our lives and deaths, in our work and sleep! O hidden laws that control us, and everything else, O that are woven into the folds of everything, above everything, And through and beneath everything, ceaselessly! You! You, cosmic force, vital, gigantic, calm, Unconquerable, never sleeping, Carrying humanity in your hand, like a fleeting game...