A love song to Australia is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Paul Abdul Ahad

NEW CASTLE

 -1-

New Castle

As old as the waves

Running on her beach

Troop is racing troop

To deluge itself in her

-2-

Her birds are chorus of poets

Warbling for a blast of wind

Feed them

They'll form a clique of joy

And start to sing

-3-

Abla

My little bird

Surrounded by New Castle birds

I snatched her off them

Afraid

She would flee

And lose her all life long

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