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Twilight in Delhi

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Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Ali was a prominent literary critic whose works had a profound impact on Arabic literature. Born in 1910 and died on January 14, 1994, he made significant contributions to the field of literary criticism in the Arab world. more

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“බිඳුණු මිනිස්සුන්ට ආදරය කරන එක කොහෙත්ම ලේසි නෑ යුමී සං. කැබලි වෙච්ච ඔවුන්ව තදින් වැළඳගත යුතු වෙනවා. මෘදු නමුත් ස්ථිර ප්‍රේමයකින්. එත් ඒ තියුණු දාර සහිත බිඳුණු කැබලි, වැළඳගන්නා ආදරණීයයාව රිදවනවා. ඔහුවත් කපා දමනවා. මට හොඳටම විශ්වාසයි, “ආදරය කියන්නේ කැප කිරීමක් වග කියන්නට ඇත්තේ, මේ ලෝකයේ මුල් වතාවට බිඳුණු ගැහැණියකට ආදරය කරපු කරුණාවන්ත ඇහිපිය ඇති පිරිමියෙක්. කැබැලි වුණු පිරිමියෙකුට ප්‍රේම කළ විශාල හදවතක් ඇති ගැහැණියක්.”

“Camilla sobbed, and then gently pulled him onto her lap, stroking his head. 'Please. Please get up.' She had read enough fairy tales as a young girl to know that the prince was supposed to wake the love of his life with a kiss. But Envy was a demon, and Camilla was no damsel in distress. She pressed her lips to his forehead. He didn't magically stir.”

“Can I say of her face—altered as I have reason to remember it, perished as I know it is—that it is gone, when here it comes before me at this instant, as distinct as any face that I may choose to look on in a crowded street?… Can I say she ever changed, when my remembrance brings her back to life, thus only; and, truer to its loving youth, than I have ever been, or man ever is, still holds fast, what it cherished then?”