The Riddle

I dressed a lot of persons

I patched clothes to many others

The rich as well as the poor

I took off thorns

To the sick I pierced boils

I also pierced plenty of ears

Most people need me

They can’t do without me

I adorned too many brides

I made their grooms look handsome

So that they please their admirers

I protected the miserable

I covered and wormed them

With the suitable cloth

I cared a lot for the wrecked

I provided them with food in plenty

I realized later on

That I was doing only good

But as if I was digging in water

No profit coming in return

From the ungrateful man

Yet I kept accomplishing my duty

What I said is an example

I took it from our rich repertory

All the words I’ve used

Are about my doings

And those of the needle

Which remains naked.

ahcene mariche

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Poems in English 

• Hope by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Freedom by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Forest by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Cry of the Betrayed Earth by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Christmas Star by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Beloved Ireland by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• American Soil by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• America by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Against All Streams by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• A window into the world by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• A Poem to my Beloved by Walter William Safar by Poetry In English
• Bound Home to Mount Song by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Answering Vice-Prefect Zhang by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• At the Lake Pavilion by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Duckweed Pond by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Bamboo Adobe by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Deer Enclosure by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Farewell to Hsin Chien at Hibiscus Pavilion by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• Farewell by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰
• For P’ei Ti by Wang Wei by Wang Ван 王維 Wei Вэй 摩詰

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Russian Commerce Agency

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Doska or the Board – write anything

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Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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