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Lament in Andalucia

18th October 2012

Al-Husri: Moorish Poet. Inglis translation, A.J. Arberry.

In Andalusia,
Fowk’s keenin-claes are fite
An yon’s nae styte!
I weir the stamp o ’ts truth
In ilkie fitenin hair
That murns fur ma tint youth.