Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Arabic Script

We've just started to learn to read and write the Arabic script. I can read and write about 7 letters now! So can do words like (in English transliteration) ... baab (door), baabaan (two doors), naab (fang/tooth), yabnuun (they build) and januub (he represents). So I'm not exactly writing great poetry yet ...

The door and the tooth - by Matt Loveland, 2008
yabnuun ilbaab
yabnuun baabaan
naab, naab, naab
januub ilnaab

Today, I'm going to learn some new letters, which should increase the extent of my poetry quite considerably.

1 comment:

Al Shaw said...

Rarely have I read such beautiful verse!