Poem by the Iraqi poet Abd Al Wahab Al-Bayati (1926-1999): "The Birth of Unborn Cities"

(عبد الوهاب البياتي)

The Birth of Unborn Cities

I am born in unborn cities

But in the night of the autumn of the Arab cities

Broken hearted I die.

I bury my love in GranadaI say:

“Nothing is victorious except love”

I burn my poetry and die.

On the sidewalks of exile

I arise after death

To be born in unborn cities

And to die.

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