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Lying Down Alone

Edward Powys Mathers (As Translator)

I shall never see your tired sleep
In the bed that you make beautiful,
Nor hardly ever be a dream
That plays by your dark hair;
Yet I think I know your turning sigh
And your trusting arm's abandonment,
For they are the picture of my night,
My night that does not end.

From the Arabic of John Duncan.

(C) Edward Powys Mathers (as Translator)
03/10/2020


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