"L'Orientale à la grenade" (Girl with a pomegranate) by French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau, made in 1875.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Oil on canvas. Private collection, on loan to Lusail Museum, Qatar.

Girl With A Pomegranate

Nice pomegranate
to tap in the morning for
seeds so bright and red

The eyes of the gazelle
The brown of Arabica coffee
The smile as warm as molasses
Lips as red as apples

Nice pomegranate,
I'm tapping you too
in our bright red bed -

A pomegranate is good
With a morning caress.