Longing has led me to you, the entirety of my world,
 
A stream of words in your love is scarce…
 
The critics blame me for you,
 
Ignore their blame, oh date of the palm tree.
 
They don’t know who you are,
 
Who I am, and what the evidence is…
 
I was not a fanatic,
 
But in your love, I lean…
 
I fell in love with you, our mother,
 
As air, sea, and Nile.
 
You are the homeland of civilization,
 
Can anyone else fall in love as a substitute for you..?
 
A cloud of love rains,
 
Sweet melodies of hymns.
 
I’m resolute, and Egypt is my poetry,
 
And I am the love of Qais the martyr.
 
You are the temple of love,
 
And poetry is in my long night.
 
I am Yemeni,
 
My root is here..
 
And my branches are in Upper Egypt, Sohag, and Qena.
 
The origin is one,
 
And the wound is one, our bloodshed drips with our lineage.
 
                                                                                                
                                   
                                
                                
                                 
                              
                              
Comments