Friday, October 27, 2006

what i have

''Sweet pomegranate wine in my mouth
is bitter as the gall of birds.

But your embraces
alone give life to my heart.

May Amun give me what I have found
for all eternity.''

-- Love Songs of the New Kingdom
Song No. 12, Egypt, c. 1550 - 1080 B.C.

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