Lonleness

Lonleness ..
Is to be with whom you love but you do not find who embraces you Lonleness .. Is to live with them as if you were in a dark cave Lonleness .. Is that you hear them and understand them, and you will not find anyone who hears you and understands you Lonleness .. Is to live an illusion you do not wish it to end Lonleness .. Is to live dreams do not come true Lonleness .. Is to love someone who loves others Lonleness ..
Is to wish to get closer to your beloved one but you are surprised by their distance from you !

Today, I will publish a love poem by the great Egyptian poet; Farouk Goweedah. He  is a contemporary poet who has written a lot of poetry in different topics. Goweedah is famous all over the Arab World. His words are very delicate and his style is so simple and passionate. The poem is in Fus’ha " standard Arabic " and is called,  which literally means “In your eyes is my address“. However, I translated the title as “I Live in Your Eyes ..” The poem is a conversation between the woman beloved and her man. The woman fears that her man will forget her and he promises her an eternal love.

I Live .. in Your Eyes ..

قالت: حبيبي .. سوف تنساني

She said: My Love .. You will forget me

وتنسى أنني يوما

 And you will forget that I, one day,

وهبتك نبض وجداني

 Have granted you my heart  

وتعشق موجة أخرى

And you will adore another wave

وتهجر دفء شطآني

 And you will leave my beaches warmth

وتجلس مثلما كنا

 And you will sit, as we used to

لتسمع بعض ألحاني

 To listen to some of my tones

ولا تعنيك أحزاني

 And you will not care for my sorrows

ويسقط كالمنى اسمي

 And my name will fall as hope

وسوف يتوه عنواني

And my address will get lost

ترى.. ستقول يا عمري

So, my Love, will you say

بأنك كنت تهواني؟!

That you (once) loved me!?

* * *

فقلت: هواك إيماني

So, I said: Your love is my faith

ومغفرتي.. وعصياني

My forgiveness and my disobedience  

أتيتك والمنى عندي

 I met you with hope

بقايا بين أحضاني

Remaining in my arms  

ربيع مات طائره

Like spring without birds !!

على أنقاض بستان

On the ruins of a garden,

رياح الحزن تعصرني

The winds of sadness squeeze me

وتسخر بين وجداني

And laugh in my chest.

أحبك واحة هدأت

I Love You .. like an oasis  

عليها كل أحزاني

in which all my sorrows have calmed down

أحبك نسمة تروي

I Love You, like an aura that tells

لصمت الناس.. ألحاني

 My songs to people’s silence

أحبك نشوة تسري

 I Love You ..  like ecstasy that runs

وتشعل نار بركاني

And fires my volcano.  

أحبك أنت يا أملا

I Love You .. you, Hope

كضوء الصبح يلقاني

That like morning light meets me.

أمات الحب عشاقا

Love has killed many lovers,  

وحبك أنت أحياني

And your love has given life to me.

ولو خيرت في وطن

And if I were to choose a home,

لقلت هواك أوطاني

I would say; my home is your Love.

ولو أنساك يا عمري

 And if I were to forget you,

حنايا القلب.. تنساني

My heart would forget me.

إذا ما ضعت في درب

If I lost my way, 

ففي عينيك.. عنواني

I would live .. in your eyes.

The chicken and the Falcon !! A point of view !

A chicken stood in front of a falcon
And  said to him:-
see that your number are few ... Come with us and enter the cage !!
There are those who feed us and do not tire ourselves by flying and searching for food  and there is no wolf  or fox or even hunters that threatens us all the time !!
.
The falcon laughed a lot and said:
When you fly high, "you feel the joy of dignity, dignity and glory
And when you live up, all people envy you.
And when you eat what you get after being tired all day long looking for food , you find the meaning of life
.
Do not you see that whoever feeds you from the remains of his food?
Slaughter your children and take your eggs and hold you all the time under the pretext of the wolf and other fears !!
The chicken laughed and said:
You speak incomprehensible words like
Ecstasy - pride - dignity - moral - life .. You must have been crazy or brain washed !
.
The falcon said to her:
I understand what you say because you were born in the cage and lived in it and its hard to change the culture of the cage 
And you will not understand what I say until after you get out of this cage 
and you learn how to live free and to fly high !

And she said to him
Why fly high and live high
Do not you see that your number is few ... Come with us and enter the cage
There are those who feed us and do not tire ourselves by flying and there is no wolf that threatens us
.
The falcon laughed a lot and said:
When you fly high, "you feel the joy of dignity, dignity and glory
And when you live up, all people envy you.
And when you eat what you get tired of, you find the meaning of life
.
Do not you see that whoever feeds you from the remains of his food?
Slaughter your children and take your eggs and hold you all the time under the pretext of the wolf
The chicken laughed and said:
You speak incomprehensible words like
Ecstasy - pride - dignity - Shoukhm - life .. You must have been mad
.
The falcon said to her:
I understand what you say because you were born in the cage and lived in it
And you will not understand what I say until after you get out of this cage
And the chicken is like many people .. !!