TY - BOOK AU - Miranda J.Morris AU - Tanuf Salim Nuh Di-Kisin AU - Maribel Fierro AU - M. Sukru Hanioglu AU - Renata Holod AU - Florian Schwarz TI - The Oral Art of Soqoṭra: A Collection of Island Voices SN - 9789004462984 PY - 2021/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Oral tradition KW - Yemen KW - Socotra KW - Folk literature KW - Folklore KW - Soqotri language KW - Texts KW - Translations into English KW - Translations into Arabic KW - Socotra (Yemen) KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction to the Songs and Poems--Livestock Calls-- 2 Livestock --3 Churning Butter--4 Lullabies--5A Work Songs and Chants--5B Children's Songs and Games--6 Drought and Rainfall-- 7 Places and Tribes --8 Veiled Language-- 9 The Sea-- 10 Poems and Songs about Soqotran Flora and Fauna--11 Love Songs and Poems--12 Regrets and Sorrow--13 Praise and Boasting--14 Dialogue--15 Dreams N2 - "In the bilingual English-Arabic work, The Oral Art of Soqoṭra: A Collection of Island Voices, Miranda Morris, in collaboration with Soqoṭrans from all parts of the island, present over a thousand examples of poems and songs, prayers, lullabies, work-chants, messages in code, riddles, examples of community wisdom encapsulated in poetic couplets, and stories cenetred on a short poem or exchange of poems. These were documented by oral transmission directly to the scholar, or through recordings collected. They are presented in Soqoṭri (transcribed phonetically in Roman and in Arabic script), and in English and Arabic translation."--Provided by the publisher ER -