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Dark Was the Night

Dark was the night .. 

But the desert's love and the palm trees 

Were calling..

The wayfarers went without me ..

It was not a time of waiting..

At dawn, they found a place.

By scorching heat and thirst

The wayfarers were beaten  ..

Yet the call of the desert and the palm trees 

Could not be aborted..

The wayfarers heard of no fear ..

None of them wanted to stay here ..

I wish I could taste a good sight of them 

With a smile and a tear.

- Chokri Omri 
"Reflections from Tunisia" 
(2022)

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