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

The Tallest Mountain


...And I climbed the tallest mountain with bare feet,

Without fear or trembling,

The thorns, stretching out curiously,

Stung me with their sharp tongues,

But I paid them no mind...

I was looking towards the summit,

And the summit was clinging to the lost firmament.

Whoever belittles himself will suffer.

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