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

Smile


Nothing quenches my thirst like a smile

Smile...

And take the star and the moon,

And a shawl woven from the morning clouds,

Be like a rose intoxicated with dew...

With the breeze,

So, I may embrace you with my eyelashes 

And then depart...

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