Category: Poetry

It was always far fetched,
The very idea
Of reaching my dream destination.
For a fantasy
It remained
Until the miracle happened.

The desiring,
The saving up,
The scrutiny of expenses.
It was all a process
Long and tiring,
But the end
Was worth the wait.

Hajj stories that I read,
Had me all decked up!
‘I’m prepared,’ I thought.… Continue Reading

مــن وقــت إلــى وقــت

من أسبوع إلــــى أسابيــــع و يوم إلـــــــى أيامي

تستعجل كل مراحل العمـــر و زمن يجري مكاني

ضيـــــق وقتـــــــــي و مضطــــــرب نظامـــــي

هل راضيت ربــــي أو يرضـــــي ربـــي منــــي ؟

فأحببت الإبليس يتحكــم فينـي و علــــى حالي

و رأيت إلـــى ساعتــي كم باقــــي أزمانـــــــي؟

لما لاحظت… فعلت ولا شيء لربي و هذا سؤالي

كيف ربـــي يرضـــي مني؟… … Continue Reading

The Arab was right
When he said
That time was a sword.
He couldn’t have been more true
Because look at the way
It’s killing us now.

My life mostly went from,
“I have so much time,
I don’t know what to do!”
To “Oh my God!
24 hours aren’t enough for me!”

And then came the solemn oath
That … Continue Reading

الرسالــــة تؤلمنـــــي

يا ايها الناس استغفروا ربكم ماهــذه الاخبار

ما بالكم لا تفكــرون بالوقت يضيـــع بالافكار
وباليد الهاتف و الجـــــوال فيشغــل الانسان

تظنون! كم الصلاة في اليوم وكم مـن الاذكار
الوقـــــــــت يضيـــــــــع وتضـــــيق الاذهان

بكـــــــى نبينا لأمتــــه فـــــي دعاءه التكرار
وهــــــــــــــذا هــــــــــو الاحســـــــــــــــــان

يشكو الانسان مــن كثرة الكآبة حوله و يحتار
و الله يقول ‘ ادعوني استجب لكم’ في القران … Continue Reading

This feeling of loneliness,  
The kind that doesn’t go with the definition of feeling lonely,
The kind that is a breath of fresh air in the everlasting stale atmosphere.
The kind that only the strangers feel.

You are that stranger who
When the world walks in one direction,
You walk the other.
When people fall off the edges in the … Continue Reading

Mum,
Your face, the first I saw,
Your lips, the first I felt,
Your finger, the first I held,
“Mama” the first word I said.

Mum,
Days of coming home from school,
Saying “salam” and “where are you mama” together,
Skipping to the part of the house you are in
Only to look at the twinkle in your eye
For … Continue Reading

To my dear mother

You were a pillar of strength

You were a symbol of patience

The light of love and life

I wish I could still live under your shadow

Hope you were here I would tell how much you are dear, still rejoicing over the last Eid

Memories filled with joys and tears

Wishing you were here

Still … Continue Reading