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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPROUTING BOARD, by AL-ISRA'ILI
First Line: Your cheeks were oh how fair
Last Line: Reveals its wick is black.
First Line: Your cheeks were oh how fair
Last Line: Reveals its wick is black.
Your cheeks were oh how fair,
How full of glowing grace
Until that sprouted there,
Your beauty to deface.
And then your cheeks became
A candle that, alack
Extinguishing its flame,
Reveals its wick is black.
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