Patents brought us greed
As Nikolai Tesla modernize technology
Thinkers and the so-called inventors copy
Most of Tesla's invention to innovation
While Tesla died in penury and underprivileged
His innovators became rich and wealthy.
I bought a fine-bred stallion for a thousand dinars
And navigate the wadi by the light of the stars,
Oasis to oasis as the desert bird flies,
Enchanted by the beauty of your Bedouin eyes.
Though bandits and siroccos seek to test my resolve,
I’ll brave them all regardless of the risks they involve.
I’ve sworn an oath to face whatever dangers arise
And overcome them all to see your Bedouin eyes.
Last night I scaled the ramparts of the sultan’s abode
Where you were wearing nothing but a long flowing robe.
The folds of my kaffiya kept my face in disguise,
But she could see right through me with your Bedouin eyes.
Somewhere,
near the lake Chad an
exquisite Giraffe has a walk ...
Nikolai Gumilev (the great Russian poet)
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A Giraffe
One day a tipsy Giraffe visited me.
He craned his neck at my chandelier,
He left dirty traces on my floor.
He said: "I' ve brought the wine "Risling",
Drink it with me.
I felt so lonely today under this cold rain,
He was not as exquisite, as a count,
And he was not from the lake Chad,
He was just my friend, the lonely Giraffe ,
And I was very glad to see him!
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