The child in yourself

الفتاوي على أفا مين يشيل
But why get stuck there,
good things are said elsewhere:

إذ استعصى عليك أمر فاستشر طفلك" العقاد"
In plain English:
If something gives you hardship, (there's something you cannot resolve,) consult your child.
It takes longer in English.
In short- "When in doubt, ask your kid."
Translation is never exact,
Somethings lost - something gained.

Consider
سكن الليل:
sakan al-layl
The night has set
The night has made a house for itself
The night comes and with it the sakina
The night is silent ...

If Arabs did anything right, it's the language!

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Fire

The wind doth deceive me and your voice I hear in the tree shrubs Possessed am I with your eyes They pierce my womb and into earth's core I fall to your embrace عشقٌ وجنون Smile to me For you I set my eyes on fire With the lashes of your eyes Hide me in the wallpaper So I can stay near you Unseen

Choreography in a boiling pot

Two cinnamon sticks dance a passionate duet. A choir of mixed colour pepper corals glide back and forth and around the cinnamon’s backs. The sticks form a valley. A new stage for two cloves to meet and butt crowns. A bay leaf floats towards the stage, like a curtain closing. It rests in the cleave between the cinnamon, pinning the cloves between leaf and wood. Four slices of ginger float on the periphery, like balconies in a theater. Who’s watching... The heat has been turned out. The dancers slow down, their movements becoming more pronounced. From a steamy frenzy to a ballet to Bhutto to stillness. A tiny clove closes the act. Emerging from the hiding place beneath a ginger, swimming towards the bay leaf – rocking the island oh so gently. Setting everything in motion once more. A ginger breaks out from the others and becomes a cloud, two slices turn towards her like wings … a flower blooming under water. A ginger arches above the dancers and stage... the sun going from east

Fully Vaccinated Queens

The US government had recently approved the use of a bee vaccine to combat foulbrood, The Guardian reports. They hail it as 'hope for a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination.' Alarm bells go out in my mind. I call out to all beekeepers and lovers of bees - lovers of nature... in the United States to begin with because you're the testing ground and worldwide because it coming to us too ... that's what they'll want.... the pharma industry. Please ... do not let us meddle with the perfection of the bee. How she is created and born, as well as how she dies and the diseases that strike her. They say a quarter of the hives had foulbrood last year and had to be burnt. That sucks, but you know what, it's also not a big deal. Last I heard, scientists were complaining about 'too many honey bees' and 'they’re not really native to America and are competing with the native and wild poll

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