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

Pine Forests


Whenever the heat intensifies,

I flee to the pine forests

Nestled atop the green hill.

There I have a hammock

And a bed of straw.

I forget my sin-filled self,

And I wander with my subconscious,

And I drown in silence,

Whenever I enter this sanctuary of beauty,

And breathe in the scent of pine.

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