I have a sense for h e a t

❝ She smelled the river on him. ❞

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– Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (via lachantefleurie)

❝ Silence of myrtle and lime. ❞

- Federico García Lorca, tr. by Sarah Arvio, from Selections; “The Gypsy Nun,”

❝ در وسط حیاطم بید مجنونی خواهم کاشت
تا لیلی در زیر آن آهسته و نرم بخوابد

…In my small garden, I shall plant Majnun’s willow tree
For Laili to quietly and softly, lay under its shade. ❞

- Amir Bakhshaii

❝ And if the venomous poison gets mixed with her saliva,
I’d drink from it and quench my thirst. ❞

- Qays ibn al-Mulawwah

❝ لستَ أمام عينِي لكنّكِِ كُل مَا أرَى ❞

- أحمد شوقي

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