Abdullah Ibn al-Mu’tazz, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

The eyelids of the burdened clouds let fall cascadesOf rain, and the parterred garden is spattered with drops.

Abdullah Ibn al-Mu’tazz, Birds Through a Ceiling of Alabaster: Three Abbasid Poets

The eyelids of the burdened clouds let fall cascadesOf rain, and the parterred garden is spattered with drops.