The lamp of desire

And where the matter began

I settled on the banks of the Nile

I beg your pardon

And the magic carpet eluded me

It exhausted me

It planted me like green satin

With shining flashes

And I do not care

If this age

Is about to leave my courtyard

Or exaggerate

in its demands

Or abandon me in bouquets of roses

A few strange petals

I am the hunter of stubborn rhymes

The daughters of poetry befriended me

Wanting more advancement

And the daughters of the houris forgot me

Please do not cross

Here was and will be

My dwelling

A hut of emerald

Or a cave of ruby

I do not know

Except that

In ancient times

I poured love

On the shores of my world

And I was satisfied

To be the lamp

When wishing