Parting as birds do
فجزمت أمري على هجر الأحباب من الإناث والذكور، وفارقت وطني مفارقة الطيور للوكور
I embraced my resolution and parted with my dear ones, male and female, and I quit my home as birds quit the nest.[1]
Farewell to Genoa, bakery card from the Around the World Series, issued by White Star Bakery / The Met
[1] Ibn Battuta, A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Marvels of Cities and the Wonders of Travel (1904), 7-8.
