Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
 
  Oct 2018 Nisrina Ulayya
Rumi
A lover asked his beloved,
Do you love yourself more
than you love me?



The beloved replied,
I have died to myself
and I live for you.



I’ve disappeared from myself
and my attributes.
I am present only for you.



I have forgotten all my learning,
but from knowing you
I have become a scholar.



I have lost all my strength,
but from your power
I am able.



If I love myself
I love you.
If I love you
I love myself.
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
Nanti,
setengah abad lagi ketika sengatan cahaya matahari bisa membunuhmu,
izinkan aku menceritakan kepada cucuku tentang rindangnya pepohonan di rumahku
sinar matahari yang hanya sanggup menghitamkan kulitku
rangkaian pegunungan hijau yang tertanam dengan indah

Ilusi,
mereka semua bilang aku hanya berilusi.
Namun seandainya mereka tahu
alangkah sempurnanya planet biru yang menjadi naungan kita dulu
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
Next time this head does that 'overthinking' all-over again
I think I'm gonna need a surgeon
to remove the limbic system of my brain
then I can have the peace I always longed for.
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
It is funny how so many people
in Egypt, in the Middle East, in Palestine
aim for something they called 'peace'
yet I live inside the safety of this house
unable to stop the battle
between things I wanna do
and things I should do
and things they said I should do
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
Hey you
There you
Whose eyes are the brightest over the world
Whose smiles are the sweetest on the universe
Don’t you know that I keep on staring?
Will you see that I can’t hide these feeling?
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
Sugar, sugar
Would you like to know something good?
Cause somewhere away from those fast-foods
Somebody is walking under the sky that blue
Black shoes seem to fit on his foot
But sugar, oh sugar
If you see his lips smiling
You will see something sweet is coming
Sweeter than you or anything
His smiles are  the sweetest of everything
Nisrina Ulayya Oct 2018
Sirius, Sirius
Would you like to set yourself down to earth?
Cause somewhere far away from the desert
Someone is wearing black T-shirt
He’s not a magician, even a wizard
But Sirius, oh Sirius
If you look deep inside his eyes
You will see something bright shines
Brighter than you or a thousand suns
You’ll get jealous of the brightness of those eyes
Next page