Sad -
the end that waits me -
To think at last
I'll be a mere haze
pale green over the fields.
trans by burton watson
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Sunday, 10 August 2008
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lounge (v.) to pass (time) in lounging (usually fol. by away or out): to lounge away the afternoon. 1508, from Scot., of uncertain origin, "to lounge about, lie at full length," The noun in the sense of "comfortable drawing room" is first recorded 1881; in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," 1830. Lounge lizard is from 1912, originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.
3 comments:
These few lines accomplish a lot. In Arabic, this kind of wrting is called Sahl il mumtanaa.....ie, saying the most complex thing in the simplest manner. usually the hallmark of exceptionally talented writers.
thanks for posting.
why the smiling sign? :-P
sometimes inspiration doesn't come out of the void!
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