Poem 068: Fable For The Maidens Poem by Samer Madbak

In a far far land beyond the brine
Once lived a maid in luxury
Her noted name was Saturnine
Her virtues; beauty, brilliancy
And prosperous virginity!

Now the damsel lived in a pompous dome
And round her spread the azure sea
Upon the shore she liked to roam
And sketch herself a fantasy
The knight in shining panoply

And the lovely belle would walk along
Before the sight of a hearty swain
He’d woo her, she would hum a song:
“I never shall waste my love in vain…”
She’d pass him by, indifferently
In ostentatious chastity
And the trees in plain, and the sky and the main
Would stare at the fair surprisèdly
And mock her with disdain!


Blaouza
August 31st 1989