We present this work in honor of the 955th anniversary of the poet’s death.
Arab Andalusian
994 – 1064
You came to me just before
the Christians rang their bells.
The half-moon was rising
looking like an old man’s eyebrow
or a delicate instep.
And although it was still night
when you came a rainbow
gleamed on the horizon,
showing as many colours
as a peacock’s tail.
