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

Opportunities of Time

 

The opportunities of time

Always come with the break of dawn,

And here is oppression interfering in my affairs,

Wanting me to share with it fear,

illness,

And instability! 

I am happy, O oppression,

And I have crossed all paths with a smile...

So do not let the echo of your voice frighten me...

My beloved,

She has drawn my stability as a conviction,

And I have entrusted it to my eyes.

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