Ghazai Dira' Al-Ta'I (Prepared Angela Kosta)
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GHAZAI DIRA' AL-TA'I - IRAQ
TEARS OF LOVERS FROM ROSE WATER
(1)
When I hear the word darkness
I don't wait...
I light my lantern
(2)
If the river dries up
I dig a well and don't wait
(3)
When the rain falls
It knows how to find its way
Can we be like the rain?
(4)
Dogs that don't bark
Be doubly careful of them
(5)
The potter should deal with the breaking of his pots
As something expected
(6)
Dreams are like roses
In need of someone to care for them
(7)
They made a tear-drop bomb
And they didn't make swings
To embrace the children's gurgles
(8)
The tears of lovers are from rose water
The breeze of love has a fragrance
Like the fragrance of flowers in spring -
If you find the surroundings fragrant
Know that your beloved is very close
The life of a candle is hours of light
(9)
It is futile
To try to preserve On the ashes
If the wind blows hard
(10)
Yes, we are passersby
But we must leave a trace along the path
So that those who come after us will know that we
had passed on this path
(11)
When we are an influential poem
Or a popular song
Or a flowing river
Or a tongue
Rich in fruitful trees
Or a mountain
Which falcons head to
And walnut, oak, and fig trees flourish on its slopes
Or a book
Scented with the scents of wisdom and good advice
Then we cannot be forgotten
(12)
As long as we are not blind
We must We see everything
(13)
Love does to me what it wants
As for me, I cannot do with love what I want
(14)
Be like salt
Then you cannot be dispensed with
(15)
He who does not die with love is not dead.
Prepared Angela Kosta
