Poema de Nizar Qabbani (Damasco, 1923 – Londres, 1998)
I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady
should another give you a cloud
I give you rain
Should he give you a lantern, I
will give you the moon
Should he give you a branch
I will give you the trees
And if another gives you a ship
I shall give you the journey.
Note: Translation by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.