Yusuf ibn Harun al-Ramadi (d. 1022)

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SLAVE BOY

They shaved his head
to clothe him in ugliness
out of jealousy and fear
of his beauty.

They erased the night
and left him in dawn.

               (translated by Emilio Garcia Gomez & Cola Franzen)

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