Lucy’s first published translation was in the magazine The Interpreter’s House Issue 23 (2003) edited by Merryn Williams. Like all her translations, it was taken from a book given to her by her mother, in this case, Les Poètes du Chat Noir (Poésie/Gallimard, 1996). However, the most important books for her translations are two pre-War paperbacks, given to Lucy’s mother as a teenager: La Légende de Lalla Maghnia d’Après la Tradition Arabe by A. Maraval-Berthoin (L’Edition D’Art, Paris, 1927) and Le Roman D’Antar D’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes by Gustave Rouger (L’Édition D’Art, H. Piazza, Paris 1923).
| French prose original: | Le Roman D’Antar D’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes by Gustave Rouger |
| Publisher: | L’Edition D’Art, Paris, 1923 |
| Editor: | H. Piazza |
| Lucy’s terza rima version: | The Romance of Antar and Abla |
French Issue Ed. Timothy Adès, 2021 Translation | The High Window
Lucy Hamilton’s: From ‘The Romance of Antar and Abla’
Publisher: The High Window Online; Ed. David Cooke
Poems from Le Roman D’Antar D’Après Les Anciens Textes Arabes published in this online journal: Canto Three: The Pool at Zhat Al Arsad
| French prose original: | La Légende de Lalla Maghnia d’Après la Tradition Arabe by A. Maraval-Berthoin |
| French publisher: | L’Edition D’Art, Paris, 1927 |
| Editor: | H. Piazza |
| Lucy’s sonnet version: | The Legend of Lalla Maghnia Following the Arab Tradition |
Agenda Anglo/French Issue 2020
Publisher: Agenda And Editions Charitable Trust; Ed. Patricia McCarthy
Poems from The Legend of Lalla Maghnia published in this journal: The Angel of Death; The Last Wash; Under Kaddour’s Palm Tree; At the Entrance to Lalla Maghnia’s Tomb; Women at theTomb
Modern Poetry in Translation Series 3 No 8 2007
Publisher: Modern Poetry in Translation Eds David & Helen Constantine
Poems from The Legend of Lalla Maghnia published in this journal:
Kaddour’s Kiss; Lalla’s Despair; The Counsil of the Hadjes; At the Palace of Rosalcazar en Route to Mecca; Toward the Holy City; On the Winged Ship; A Feast from Heaven; Circle of Desire
I am twenty people! 2007
Publisher: Enitharmon Press; Eds Mimi Khalvati & Stephen Knight
Poems in this anthology translated from the Legend of Lalla Maghnia: The Death of Raj-es-Salah; The Mourning of Raj-es-Salah; Lalla Maghnia’s Pledge; The Dead Walk in Front of the Living; The Day of Empowerment; At the Assembly of Justice
Lucy Hamilton Poetry 