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

Our Celibacy


When your coal-black hair cascaded upon my chest,

The fields turned green,

And the birds rejoiced,

And sang their joy to us.

While the farmers harvest their yellow wheat stalks,

To fashion from its pure gold bracelets

And two wedding rings,

In which we imprison our celibacy

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