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

Wicked Ones

 

Come to me, all you wicked ones,

That I may relieve you of your wickedness,

Of the stain of depravity,

Which overwhelms your hearts, 

Drunk with the wine of envy and malice.

Come to me...

That I may show you an ant gathering provisions,

And a bee producing honey,

After the flower has nourished it 

With the nectar of its petals.

Come to me...

For my embrace is wide, and my patience is long.

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