The Normans In The South by John Julius Norwich

Author:John Julius Norwich [Norwich, John Julius]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Non Fiction
ISBN: 9780140152128
Publisher: London : Penguin, 1992.
Published: 1992-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

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PALERMO

Weep as you will your tears of blood,

O grave of Arabian civilisation.

Once this place was alive with the people of the desert, And the ocean was a playground for their boats. . . .

OSicily you are the glory of the ocean. . . .

You were the cradle of this nation's culture,

Whose fire like beauty burnt the world;

Sadi the nightingale of Shiraz wept for the destruction of Baghdad;

Dag shed tears of blood for the ruination of Delhi;

When the heavens destroyed Granada

It was the sorrowing heart of Ibn Badrun who lamented it;

Unhappy Iqbal is fated to write your elegy. . . .

Tell me your pains, I too am immersed in pain,

I am the dust of that caravan of which you were the destination.

Fill the colours in the pictures of the past and show them to me;

Make me sad by telling the tales of past days.

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