poetry · Issue No. 8, August 1953 · p. 47

Who Ordained for the Living This Decree (Verses beneath a Picture of a Bride and Groom)

من سنّ للاحياء هذا القضا (أبيات تحت صورة عروسين)

Who ordained for the living this decree,
and traced for lovers these paths?
For life is neither mother nor father,
nor brother, nor sheltering kin... but a beloved!

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