The East receives my songs, some praise, some curse <br />To each of them my gratitude I bear <br />For I've avenged the blood of each slain woman <br />and haven offered her who is in fear. <br /> <br />Woman's rebellious heart I have supported <br />ready to pay the prize - content to die <br />if love should slay me, for I am love's champion <br />and if I ceased, then I would not be I.<br /><br />Nizar Qabbani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-trial/
