The Fortune Teller
She sat with fear in her
Contemplating the upturned
She said "Do not be sad, my
You are destined to fall in love"My son,
Who sacrifices himself for his beloved,
Is a martyr*For long have I studied
But never have I read a cup similar to
For long have I studied
But never have I seen sorrows similar to
You are predestined to sail
Sail-less, on the sea of
Your life is forever
To be a book of
And be
Between water and fire*But despite all its pains,
Despite the
That is with us day and
Despite the
The rainy
And the
It is love, my
That will be forever the best of fates*There is a woman in your life, my
Her eyes are so
Glory to
Her mouth and her
Are full of roses and
And her gypsy and crazy love of
Travels the
The woman you
May be your whole
But your sky will be
Your road blocked, blocked, my
Your beloved, my son, is
In a guarded
He who approaches her garden
Who enters her
And who proposes to
Or tries to unite her
Will cause her to be lost, my son…lost*You will seek her everywhere, my
You will ask the waves of the sea about
You will ask the shores of the
You will travel the
And your tears will flow like a
And at the close of your
You will find that since your
Has no land, no home, no
You have been pursuing only a trace of
How difficult it is, my
To love a
Who has neither land, nor home
Nizar Qabbani
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