Day: November 9, 2012

Hafez and Estrella Morente

Hafez Ghazal 271 Don’t ask me how many complaints I have about her black hair For I became so undone because of her that its beyond telling   Let no one abandon heart and faith in hope of fidelity I did this.  Don’t ask me how sorry I am.   With one innocent drink that…

Camaron-I’m a captive of your eyes

If Ibn al-Farid wrote Flamenco lyrics, they’d sound like this    Translation: Whether the sun comes out or not It doesn’t matter to me If light illuminates me It’s when I see you   Torment and contempt is all the world can offer me I bear it glady ever since I met you   I’m…