English version:
Will you leave again?
Go and forget me?
In your absence, sorrows fill me up,
And I go back to weeping,
Complaining to my walls,
Remaining imprisoned inside a time gone by.
My tears fall,
Against my will.
My heart beats louder and louder.
My hope is broken,
My dream is murdered,
Every time I call out, the answer is only silence.
Forced to stay awake,
Sitting here thinking,
Of a road where we might meet again one day.
Tell me, my heart,
Why are they not by my side?
And how did we ever live a single day before them?
We used to stay up late,
Our joy only multiplying.
Luck itself loved our meetings.
If things were clouded,
A single laugh would intoxicate us,
Washing away any pain tucked deep inside us.
If only it were possible to forget you,
I would have forgotten your love and your passion.
Why is it that even in your absence and cruelty,
I am still waiting for you in my night?
You walked away, leaving so much of yourself in me.
Even joy, it turns out, comes with bills to pay.
I used to be someone who loved change,
But the change of their absence is too heavy a burden to bear.
It was a contract I signed in good faith,
Yet all its clauses were tears and harshness.
My feet were lured in with tenderness,
Until suddenly, I found myself drowning in deep waters.
I long to wake up, open my eyes,
And find your eyes beside me, protecting me.
To rescue me from the midst of my torment,
To bring my soul back and revive me.
You are leaving me,
And what is even left?
Answer me, my heart
What am I living for?
You no longer have anything new to offer,
No heartbeat that matters or does any good.
Is it your destiny, then, to remain lonely?
Is it written that you must stay far away from them?
And so I stay imprisoned inside a time gone by,
Merely pretending to live through the days.
I wait for you only when I go to sleep,
Hoping you’ll come to illuminate my dreams.
Will you leave again?
Go and forget me?
In your absence, sorrows fill me up...
Arabic version:
هتغيب تاني
تروح تنسانى
ف بعدك تملانى الاحزان
وارجع ابكى
لحيطانى اشكى
وافضل محبوس جوا زمان
ينزل دمعى
غصبا عنى
قلبى يعلى صوت الدقات
مكسور املى
مقتول حلمى
كل ما انادى الرد سكات
مجبر اسهر
قاعد افكر
ف طريق نتلاقى يوم فيه
قولى يا قلبى
ليه مش جمبى
وازاى عشنا فى يوم قبليه
كنا بنسهر
فرح بيكتر
كان الحظ يحب لقانا
لو متعكر
ضحكه تسكر
اى وجع متشال جوانا
لو كان ينفع انى انساك
كنت نسيت حبك و هواك
ليه حتى فى بعدك و جفاك
لسه ف ليلى انا بستناك
ماشى و سايب فيا كتير
حتى الفرح اهو ليه فواتير
دانا كنت بحب التغيير
بس غيابه ده حمله تقيل
عقد مضيته بحسن النيه
كل بنوده دموع و قسيه
اتجرت رجلى بحنيه
فجاه لقيتنى ف وسط الميه
انا نفسى اصحى افتح عينى
القى عينيك جمبى بتحمينى
من وسط عذابى تنجينى
ترد الروح فيا و تحيينى
هتغيب عنى
وفاضل ايه
رد يا قلبى
انا عايش ليه
مبقاش عندك اي جديد
نبض ولا يحل و لا يفيد
مكتوب يعنى تبقى وحيد
مكتوب عنه تبقى بعيد
وافضل محبوس جوا زمان
واهو اسمى بعيش الايام
بستناك انا لما بنام
تيجى تنورلى الاحلام
هتغيب تانى
تروح تنسانى
ف بعدك تملانى الاحزان




Hey Mahmoud, this is such a great poem and reminds me of my younger years…
I can’t help but think about the expression - “it’s better to have love and lost than never to have loved at all.”
Your poem is full of emotion 💔 one day you’ll find the person who values you the same way you value them. Heartbreak is never easy though …it’s like a bereavement of sorts and each time it affects us differently but we do grow stronger 💛 you will grow stronger 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Pain? Are you here?