Lesbia
032 - Lesbia
by Saleh Badrah
(In imitation of Catullus: Poem 87)
Oh this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is!
~ Catullus (87-54 B.C.)
No honest woman, Lesbia, can
In truth declare that any man
Has ever loved her as I've loved you.
No man has ever been more true
To a woman he had sworn to love
Than I have been, my love, to you.
Published in the Saudi Gazette, Wednesday, 14 July 1999
Copyright © Saleh Badrah

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