To a Girl Named Alexandria

Ahmed Fadl Shabloul

I drew you among the lines of my hands You became my tomorrow You became a daylight to my sun And you became a prayer for myself And you became the conscience of the seas

I love you…

Telephone booths and buildings ask about us And the twinkle of a star on a clear night

I love you…

Footsteps ask about us And a wave of love kisses this extent

I love you…

Our corniche now asks about our love And the seller of Lub circulates among lovers And the bearer of Jasmine is calling on Jasmine

Who will buy the joy of the sea, Jasmine, and flowers?

And the corn griller Hides what has ripened now for us And a love seat was set up for us

So what’s our story And you are there and my heart is here..?

I love you… how our hands’ palms And how the question on our lips And how the sands yearn for our palms

I love you… Do you hear the call?

I love you… Why do you slip as the space fills up?

I love you… you sail from our shore And you search for a pearl in the unknown of our waves

So, do you hear the call… And do you find my pearl?

It’s the sea that called our gifts It’s love that came on a wave from our sky It’s the shore that calls our love It’s the night that spread the carpet of stars It’s the breeze that carries the secrets of an old love

So how… So how is the way to our meeting

And you are there and my heart is here?

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