By Hana Shishiny
(C) all rights reserved
August 2019
You're never far away..

                                             

                          

I promised.. to have your face
Engraved in every single sight
I promised to draw your smile
in every ray of light
I promised to feel your touch
In every breeze of the night
And here I am
Leaden with all I Promised
All I could never hide...

You sailed , on waves of time's  ocean
Between the colorless of space
And a sky with no limitation
Seagulls  are still crooning
Dreams have no objections.
.
You're never far away

You're still my drizzling rain of grace
My flickering burst of passion..

By Hana Shishiny
(C) all rights reserved
August 2019

Ддрузья. Известный марокканский поэт Aziz Mountassir Aziz Mountassir недавно перевел мое стихотворение «Бог и я» с английского на арабский.  Сегодня я его предлагаю вам. Пользуясь случаем, выражаю огромную благодарность уважаемому мной поэту из Касабланки за красивый перевод.

Dear friends. The famous Moroccan poet Aziz Mountassir Aziz Mountassir recently translated my poem “God and I” from English to Arabic. Today I offer it to you. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the poet I respect from Casablanca, for a beautiful translation.

                                  

أنا والله

يقولون
الله هو رفيق الوحيدين
في شعبنا من زمن سحيق
 عشت حياتي وحدي
كل سنواتي
بطريقة الله معي
كان معي
 عندما لعنني الناس بلا قلب
 من أجل الحقيقة والصدق
وكبلوني  كالأخطبوط
 كان معي عند الدوس في الوحل
عندما شاهد الأقارب بكائي
 عندما عانيت من الألم
شاهدت  بصمت قريبة  الجلاد
 عندما  رفع عمي حجر ...
عندما حدد الجيران عيونهم
تمنوا الموت لي
لم يتركوا شيء
 سمحوا للكلاب تغضب مني
 أنقذني الله من أعدائي
له شكري
في وقتي الصعب
لم يغادرني
 دائما بقربي
لا حيلة لي هنا أبداً
الله لن يغادرني
هذا اعتقادي

God and I

"God is the companion of the lonely," they say
From time immemorial.
I lived a lonely life
But God has been with me all these years!

He was with me when my family
They filed an unclean trial against me.
When the people cursed heartlessly
For truth, honesty, capturing like an octopus.

He was with me when they trampled in the mud
When relatives watched my cry.
When I was in pain every time
Watched this my close, like an executioner.

When my aunt insulted
When uncle raised a stone at me ...
When the neighbors are looking contemptuously,
Wished me dead - He did not leave.

When a cousin let
His bastard dog on me.
Allah saved me from enemies
For which I thank his soul!

When it was hard for me in hard times
He did not leave - he was always there.
I think that God will not leave, -
Helpless me never!

A slipping dream
Hana Shishiny

A sandy castle I built grain by grain
Another dream,Ipainted in golden Rays
In your hand,i prayed,it could sustain
As you promised, to keep ,against unfair days..

Packed with love,I thought,and heavenly lights
Against seasons of life
And hoped it is safe
To lift my life,out of darkened nights
And fill my heart..until the coming grave...

But,grains of sand,run back to shore
Solely ,I returned,to my  drawn destiny
Who said dreams  reside in heart and core
And live long,as  a subtle  reality..

No matter,when a dream slips  of my life
Another castle will replace,with flying Hopes
That is a gifted kiss.moments out of strife
As new golden Rays keep flickering,like blessed raindrops ..

By Hana Shishiny
April2019

ALL WILL BE WELL

Aabha rosy vatsa

                                    

 

 Of the four yugas in the world

I was born in Kaliyug, hands curled

Grew up in a revered home

Away from the city's dubious domes.

 

As I grew, I realized what a mess

Wrongdoings right and left I guess

Appalled at the lack of conscience

Pray, where has goodness gone, no sense.

 

Brother killing brother for money

Property, a bone of contention, O honey

Our conscience has frozen to sub zero

There is a mighty absence of real heroes.

 

Relationships are broken and mended daily

No more warmth of relations, hardly gaiety

Everyone is running a mad race

Hiding gory tales behind masked face.

 

But at last a joy reaches my ears

A multi-millionaire decides to donate an amount dear

An awesome way to celebrate his daughter's birthday

Making a cashless hospital, a magnanimity if I may say.

 

And the Sadhguru bemoans the fall of humanity

Shocked at the sale of children even before puberty

Pray what has humanity come to

He tries to raise a collective conscience too.

 

It is people like the millionaire and Sadhguru

Who reaffirm my faith in humanity anew

All will be well now I am sure

We just might save humanity by this cure.

د. عز الدين حسين أبو صفية ،،،
أتركوني ..

                                             

أتركوني ... أبحث عنها
علي ضفاف النهر
فاض النهر ...
فأغرق قلبي حُباً
وسَبَحَ قاربي الورقيّ
مع التيار ... فلحقتُ به 
كان التيار أسرع مني
فتركته وأيقنت بانه
لن يَضلَ عنوان حبيبتي
فهي جالسة  بين الزهر
 على الضفة الأخرى للنهر
تُحادث العصافير وتخبرها
عن رسالتي التي نسيتها
تَعُد أواق الصُفصاف
وتَتَطيرُ بها ... وتقول :
قادم هو ...غير قادم
قادم هو .. غير قادم
قادم هو ... غير ...
قادم هو ...فرحت
شاهدتها في الحلم
أنها تنتظر قاربي
الذي حَلمَت به
وأيقَنَت بأنه حتماً
قادم مع التيار
وأدركت ما به ..
هو رسالتي الأخيرة
عند آخر لقاءاتي بها
ونسيَتها لحظة
نشوة قبلةٍ
طبعتها بكفها
كميثاق شرفٍ
ولحبنا برهان
وغادرتني مسرعةً
للضفة الأخري
تُسابق الشمس
لتصل قبل أن
يكتمل البدر
فصنعتُ من رسالتي
قاربي الورقيّ
فكتبت عليه
رغم البُعد
ياقمري
أنني
ما زلت
مازلت
أحبك

د. عز الدين حسين أبو صفية ،،،

I WILL MARRY YOU
Joanna Svensson

                                  

I will marry you
In all my future lives
For you have lit the stars
On my dusky path of life

A path full of stones
On which I used to stumble and fall
With eyes that could see nothing
For the straight jacket of darkness
Made me blind

Blind and unseeing
Unseeing the good
In the one that had hurt me
So many times
Because of no reason
Just because - just because

I asked myself
So many times - so many times
Why?
Although I knew
I would never get no answer

But then you - came into my life
Like a burning torch
With warmth and love
And kind words of comfort

And I will never
Ever forget
When first I saw
The stars of hope
Light up
I saw them
In your eyes

Suddenly my road of life
Became lighter - brighter
Easier to bare
Suddenly I felt love
Love in full bloom
All around me
Everywhere

Your power of love
Your strength
Reflected in me
Comfort and security

And now I know
No matter how
The day our bodies
Tha day our souls
No longer dwell
Upon this earth

I will marry you
In all my future lives
For you have
For ever more
Lit the stars
For me!

©® Joanna Svensson
© Private picture Joanna Svensson

THE DRAGONFLY
Joanna Svensson

                                                      

A shining dragonfly suddenly landed
On my newly written poem
It gazed at me with astonished eyes
And asked somewhat confused

Why am I not in your new poem?
I - who am so beautiful
You paint the summer with such joyful words
With lovely flowers and butterflies

You fill with love each corner of your poems
A new-striped dress-coat for the bumble-bee
The nightingale and his evening aria
The fragrance of the apple tree
You write of fabulous night of summer
With the fullest of a full moon

But what about me then? Who am so pretty
With magic colors in different shades
Who makes pirouettes on the water surface
Like a master of the ballet

You have not yet put me on paper
But if you do you will clearly see
The words you paint with will be enchanted
Just like the loveliest summer myth!

©® Joanna Svensson
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