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robustyoungsoul30 Oct 2003

The last two lines are actually Arabic... I'm not 100% on the correct spelling, since the language doesn't translate overly well to English spelling, but they mean "It is an ugliness by which our eyes are sufficed, so that they crave not any beauty or marvellous sight." The quote is from an untitled poem by Abu-Tamman.