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Shazea Quraishi

RAMADASI

RAMADASI

RAMADASI

Return
to me, beloved
and take me on your lap.

Undo my braid,
stiff
as buffalo horn

and draw your
fingers
through my hair.

Untie my belt, open
the silk cloth
covering my waist,

let my oiled limbs, my
perfumed skin
envelop you

as the rose
swallows
the bee.
Shazea Quraishi

Shazea Quraishi

(Pakistan, 1964)

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RAMADASI

Return
to me, beloved
and take me on your lap.

Undo my braid,
stiff
as buffalo horn

and draw your
fingers
through my hair.

Untie my belt, open
the silk cloth
covering my waist,

let my oiled limbs, my
perfumed skin
envelop you

as the rose
swallows
the bee.

RAMADASI

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