LOVE MELODY is one of Charbel Baini's books translated from Arabic into English

You took off your clothes

 

-1-

You took off your clothes...

The meadows bloomed

And the fire burned me

And the snow melted on my chest

The cold imprisoned me

Since the hour of your absence...

Let my hands sway

Like the raging winds

On the threshing floor of your youth

-2-

Life is a small dream

That flies from our hands

On an autumn night

And you and I become

A collection of riddles

On the lips of a story

-3-

Embody in me.

Many before you were embodied

As lovers.

A shy flower

You forced my eyes to sit

At the door

And wait for you a lifetime

So, they could pluck 

From those dark cheeks

And red lips

Kisses like embers.

-4-

I coloured my hair 

With a thousand colours

So, I could throw it at you

I didn't know I'd be finished Here

Sleeping in your arms

A child... my life is but a day

And you sing to me

Until sleep flies from me

And stays awake before me

-5-

Embody in me...

You became me long ago

And from the day that was

You were in my eyes...

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