classic children's bedtime story, Goodnight Moon)
In the great green oasis
There were some roundabouts
And some reddish dunes
And a picture of—
Sheikh Zayed sitting all alone
And there were camels and sheep and goats from the souq
And two shopping malls
And a few forts
And a lone mountain
And some dry wadis
And henna and incense and bowls full of dates
And calls from the muezzins echoing from the mosques
Goodbye Al Ain
Goodbye crescent moons
Goodbye sheikhs and sheikhas
Goodbye roundabouts
And reddish dunes
Goodbye camels
Goodbye souqs
Goodbye Carrefour
And goodbye forts
Goodbye taxis
And goodbye marble floors
Goodbye Jebel Hafeet
And goodbye wadis
Goodbye henna
And goodbye incense
Goodbye stray cats
Goodbye dates
And goodbye to the muezzins calling from mosques
Goodbye Buraimi
Goodbye desert air
Goodbye Al Ain friends everywhere
