I still have a tender heart
A heart which burns and aches for you
In your skin I see the heavens, in your eyes, the stars
When I am near you, I tremble with reverence
For my queen, I feel your power; I see no body
Only one-word flutters about my soul; love, and this love
I have never felt like this before
Deep in your thicket, you are the woman I cannot resist
I have found true love in the deepest oceans
I long to drown inside your waves, my Siren
The more I dive, the deeper riches of love I find ---
So, I dive as if I am made of stones
A sea of love flows from your eyes --- into mine
In my dreams and on my hands and knees
I pray to God to keep you safe for me
For Him to allow me mercy I cannot bear to miss you so ---
Or give me the power to withstand all these fantasies
Will you return to me, my capacity to see the world?
for what it is - to see your exquisite beauty ---
To tell me this isn’t a dream and comfort me
I love you...I love you before my lips say it
And my heart shouts it a thousand times
O’er the burning desert which grew a thousand fruit
All just to impress you, my dear
From you I am learning what hurts, and fulfills ---
In your eyes a wide ocean dwells
Show mercy to my heart and to my sails
My heart only knows how to stay alive for you
To pump blood and exist, despite the ache of waiting
Just give me one gift - one word from your succulent lips
One word from you, for me to feel alive
One word from you, will turn my sorrows into life
My heart melts and my ribs are opened wide ---
I can hear the echo of your heartbeats in my soul
Don’t ask me how to bear life without you
For you have become my tomorrow and yesterday
The strong wind of your love carries me home
Please be gentle with me, as I belong to your heart
I came to you to escape from this cruel life
I came to you for shelter from my storms
And I found everything deeper than love could mean
With your love me all my wounds close and heal
Come closer… much closer to me
Weep all the pain and sadness away
Come closer… much closer to me
I don’t need anyone but you
My lips only know the language of you
Come closer…I don’t want to remember myself before
When I was alone
Before I knew the taste of your kiss
Come closer…lean into my arms
Come closer…much closer and feel my embrace
To forget the taste of sadness and worries
Come closer...much closer, hold me
Come closer and never leave me
Come closer, I need to hear the whisper of your lips
Please never leave me alone
My feelings flow over your skin like the rain
They cannot be stopped, for water knows no end
Was I alive before you?
Or was life so cruel to me?
Forever together, I pray to God
We will be my love ---
It became so sweet after being so hard
You gave life to my heart
And helped me to forget all its agonies
If I say I love you, it will never be enough
Even if I glance away, my eyes will resonate my feelings
Your love appeared like a ray of light
Like the seafloor lit with the sun’s rays
Appeared like a dawn that cut the night’s pain in two
Rainfall ending the years of drought
Come closer…much closer, I need to feel your happiness
Come closer, please my love, and make me
Feel alive
My first Arabic poem in English thanks to Elisabeth Horan