The Coo’s-Lick
18th October 2012
Al-Husri: Moorish Poet. Inglis translation, A.J. Arberry.
A coo’s-lick curl, hung doon tae furl,
Ma hairt sae teuch, doon in the sheugh.
The blaik coo’s lick, wis fleetin rikk
Yon fite physog, wis deidly bog
My hairt did flee, clean connached bi
The haimmer o, yer curl, ma jo
Yon midnicht coo’s-lick, derk an fey
Gart ma ee skinkle wantonly