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POETRY, YOU ASK
Abbās Ibn Firnās climbed a towering height and, strapped to two wings,
first, he plunged into the abyss, then he glided over the skies of Córdoba.
tears of joy broke out, praise be to Allah!
centuries later, long before Leonardo, Eilmer also flew,
above Malmesbury Abbey, imitating the craft of birds.
God have mercy on that madman!
poetry, you ask?
always that same death‑defying leap into the void,
and somehow one survives it, again, and again, and again
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Poem by João Ricardo Lopes | Translated by Marcus Margrave (2026)
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