حاتم عبدالهادى - يجب أن أصمت الآن... ترجمة: حسن حجازي

I must be silent now

Hatem Abdel Hadi El Sayed
Translated by:
Hassan Hegazy Hassan
Your burning wood in my soul,
ignited the evening lamp
on the oasis of sadness again,
Perhaps I imagined you a red rose
in the garden of the world.
When it laughs, the sea roars,
When it walks, the sun rises,
When it walks, the birds chirp...
I thought you would untie your braid
when you hear my whisper,
when I feel your wounded self,
with my tears...
O sleepy butterfly
On the shore of the Mediterranean
When will you allow me to see you
And to be filled with the bright moon
of your fresh face?!
I am the blind man who has never
touched your smooth hair,
and has not seen your ghost yet,
as you pass by my dark room
every evening,
and your ghost enters me,
I will whisper that I want you,
a new book for my small world,
I want you a blank sheet of paper,
On her page you write:
I love you.
I was wrong,
Or I could hardly believe it,
I was poor and sad before you blossomed
in my cells...
And now, after a few days,
You escape after I got drunk on you,
and brought you into the chambers
of the heart,
I will not tell you anything now,
I just have to be silent …
Forever.​