My sorrow for you is greater than a crack in this wall or this garment; it is closer to my need to cry and drink, closer to gloom. Foxes flee from my feet and fail to reach the traps, and the thick curtain is still made of dust. The tears that flowed from the ceiling were my tears, as were those that flow from paintings and statues. This is the end of my torment: to cry alone and have my tears appear elsewhere.

• Author: Qamar Sabri Al-Jasim
• Publisher: Dar Fadaat
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: Arabic
• Number of Pages: 124