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I always find poetry to be challenging - but wow, this translation is beautiful. I find myself struggling with the equal and opposite desires of wanting to sit and dwell in each poem and to continue on to the next.
Feb 02, 2026 09:05PM
Adonis: Selected Poems (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

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--What have you seen, blind one?
--They exalted the heartless, repeated their lies
and when asked if the lie was truth, they said, "Indeed!"

(from Celebrating al-Ma'ari, section III: Conversation)
Feb 18, 2026 09:04PM
Adonis: Selected Poems (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)


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