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.