Nizar Qabbani: Language

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Nizar Qabbani: Language

When a man is in love
how can he use old words?
Should a woman
desiring her lover
lie down with
grammarians and linguists?

I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages. 
 
Dec. 19, 2023, Hyperreal

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