.............. Invocation (excerpt)
name of the Father the Son and the Holy
the name of God
and sister Nariman. On behalf of Nabila
or Dorreya
behalf of Maha
and members on the temple walls
On behalf of the temple in the name of the angel of repose
When the king came to meet his brothers
It s Honourable wine family
drank two pitchers and played:
My head is forged from pure gold
My eye is a flying pigeon on channels
The locks of my hair undone are black as a crow sitting on a mound
My belly is ivory brocade hyacinth my lips are blue
iris and basil
My hands are loaded with ornaments
[...]
trad. Catherine Fahri, in: The Poets of the Mediterranean , Poetry / Gallimard
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