Rural Poems is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English

Don't Leave

 

They say that exile is barren,

Like a desert that rejects spring...

But my exile has blossomed,

And its fragrant perfume

Has scented my foul, cold corners,

I have begun to feel the warmth of spring,

And the descent of its greenery

Upon the distant meadows.

Your coming to me...

Was a spring in itself,

So do not leave.

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