Portrait of an Orientalist

by David Solway (May 2016)
 

I perfume my beard with civet and rosewater,

the room is fragrant with aloes-wood burning in a censer,

I drink khamr, made of dates and spiced with quinces and Syrian apples,

at least four rotls at a time,  more>>>

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