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Wednesday, June 06, 2007

white complextion

White Complexion
(Tranlated poem)

A thing like
this
has never
been seen
or heard
before,
thanks
to chastity
a pearl
has been
transformed
into
a holy
mystery.

So shiny
is the surface,
that when
it reflects on
its perfection,
the pearl
disappears
into its own
clarity

IBN ABD RABBINI
Ca 1112
From “Ladróes de Prazer”
Poemas arabigo-andaluzes

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