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This poem is made by lines from Arabic poems translated to English. They come from the book Modern Arabic Poetry An Anthology that is edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi. First line is from Expectation: night and day by Salah Abd al-Sabur. Second line is from The book of roses by Said Aql. The third line is from An answer by Ahmad al-Mushari al-Udwani.

English Engelska الإنجليزيّة

sky and earth: one embrace
to love you is to invent myself
a stranger I can share friendship and love with