Plus rouge que la fleur de l'océan
le soleil descendait dans les sables.
C'était l'heure convenue. J'avais entravé mon cheval. Je m'étais assis.
Tu es arrivée !
Et j'ai frissonné, comme le dormeur
qui est surpris par l'aurore.
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Redder than the flower of the ocean
the sun set into the sands.
It was the appointed hour. I'd tied up my horse. I'd sat down.
You appeared!
And I shivered, like a sleeper
who is surprised by the dawn.
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ohkouan appears in Toussaint's translation from the Arabic and is left unexplained.
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