by Nizar Qabbani my darling


My darling, I have much to say 
Where o precious one shall I begin ? 
All that is in you is princely 
O you who makes of my words through their meaning 
Cocoons of silk 
These are my songs and this is me 
This short book contains us 
Tomorrow when I return its pages 
A lamp will lament 
A bed will sing 
Its letters from longing will turn green 
Its commas be on the verge of flight 
Do not say: why did this youth 
Speak of me to the winding road and the stream 
The almond tree and the tulip 
So that the world escorts me wherever I go ? 
Why did he sing these songs ? 
Now there is no star 
That is not perfumed with my fragrance 
Tomorrow people will see me in his verse 
A mouth the taste of wine, close-cropped hair 
Ignore what people say 
You will be great only through my great love 
What would the world have been if we had not been 
If your eyes had not been, what would the world have been?

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