Give me time!

 Time!

Hold on! Stop!

Take a break!

Give me one!

Halt, for a second, for a minute, for an hour or a day!

Give me time, oh Time!

To mend those broken wings.

To heal the hurt I endured in time.

You are running oh time!

Flowing just like sand, through my hand.

Give me a chance to rethink.

I need some time to breath.

Time, give me time, to feel my heart's beating

To hear my soul speaking

Whom are you racing, oh Time

forcing me to race you?

Take a break!

Pause for a while!

Give me some time,

Oh time,

Outside the realms of existing,

in a world of illusions and uncertainty

In a world too fake for my peace

For my heart!

Give me time to gather the pieces

All the times scattered of me

Give me time to breath, deep

in my own sweet time

If only you could stop for a while

So I could go beyond this world

And get a blick into who truly I am

And fear no waste of life as time flies by.

Give me an hour, a minute or. a second

But give me time, please Time!

An encounter with a magician.

She put my heart at stop!

Literally. I caught my breath as she lifted higher - slowly, gracefully, like a ballet dancer on ice, changing course, before you can guess to where...
Like a river stream at one point letting go off tributaries; to reunite again down the valley... she flew in heavenly circles and semicircles, back to an invisible axis, that only she could see.

What is it about you, my little one that makes a soul fly? Not enough words of woo can give you your due!

How it put my heart at spell...that little baby falcon with her widespread wings!

From "Manuscript found in Accra"

And a woman who was getting on in years and had never found a husband said:
“Love has always passed me by.”

And he answered:

In order to hear Love’s words, you must allow Love to approach.

However, when it does draw near, we fear what it might say to us, because Love is free and is not ruled by our will or by what we do.

All lovers know this but refuse to accept it. They think they can seduce Love through submission, power, beauty, wealth, tears, and smiles.

True Love, however, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced.

Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely. How can the force that moves the world and keeps the stars in their places be at once so creative and so devastating?

We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love expecting to be loved in return are wasting their time.

Love is an act of faith, not an exchange.

Contradictions are what make love grow. Conflicts are what allow love to remain by our side.

Life is too short for us to keep important words like “I love you” locked in our hearts.

But do not always expect to hear the same words back. We love because we need to love. Otherwise, love loses all meaning and the sun ceases to shine.

A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:
“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”
“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”

And yet, even when Love does not appear, we remain open to its presence.

Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to resist is to keep on loving.

Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.

We need to love. Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears—that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!

Tears speak for themselves. And when we feel that we have cried all we needed to cry, they still continue to flow. And just when we believe that our life is destined to be a long walk through the Vale of Sorrows, the tears suddenly vanish.

Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain.

Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place. They simply left, and with every farewell comes a hidden hope.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Our one true choice is to plunge into the mystery of that uncontrollable force.

We could say: “I’ve suffered greatly before, and I know that this won’t last, either” and thus drive Love from our door. But if we did that, we would become dead to life.

Because Nature is a manifestation of the Love of God.
Regardless of what we do, Nature continues to love us.
Let us, therefore, respect and understand what Nature teaches us.

We love because Love sets us free, and we say things that we once never even had the courage to whisper to ourselves.

We make a decision that we kept putting off.

We learn to say no without thinking of that word as somehow cursed.

We learn to say yes without fearing the consequences.

We forget everything we were taught about Love, because each encounter is different and brings its own agonies and ecstasies.

We sing more loudly when the person we love is far away and whisper poems when he is near, even if he doesn’t listen and pays no attention to either songs or whispers.

We don’t close our eyes to the Universe and then complain: “It’s dark.” We keep our eyes wide open, knowing that the light could lead us to do undreamed-of things. That is all part of love.

Our heart is open to love and we surrender to it without fear, because we have nothing more to lose.

Then, when we go home, we discover that someone was there waiting for us, looking for the same thing and experiencing the same anxieties and longings.

Because love is like the water that is transformed into a cloud; it’s lifted up into the heavens, where it can see everything from a distance, aware that one day it will have to return to Earth.

Because love is like the cloud that is transformed into rain; it is drawn down to the Earth, where it waters the fields.

Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.

Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.

Don’t give up. Remember, it’s always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.


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I promised you.

Some words...
...spring open from a heart so wounded, to light, for good, hearts that fear the dark...

Nizar Qabani, just surprised me with his words:

الحمد لله أني كذبت

THANK GOD, I lied!

Lying is a sin, yet here Qabani embodies that some lies are the first step in finding the truth.

Without a big lie, how can we appreciate a great truth? :)

Well, that is how I see it now! Maybe the future has something else to teach?

THANK GOD :)

To the beautiful melody tunes of immortal Kathim El Sahir, I listened to the angelic voice of Majda El Roumy singing this meaning...

A great insight for Today :) I so much needed...I felt and related to these words and was deeply touched by...the following...(song embeded below translation)

I promised you
I promised you, to no more love you.. then in front of the big decision I grew cowardI promised you, to no more love you.. then in front of the big decision I grew coward
I promised you, not to come back and came.. not to die longing and died
I promised, things, larger than me; so what did I do to myself?
I was lying from the intensity of truth
Praise God, Praise God .. Praise God that I lied
I promised you not to be a prisoner to my weakness, yet as so was I, and to say not to your eyes poetry, and yet so did I sayI promised you not to be a prisoner to my weakness, yet as so was I, and to say not to your eyes poetry, and yet so did I say
I  promised not to, and not to and not to...
For how and where and on what day did I promise?
I was lying from the strength of truth.
Praise God, Praise God .. Praise God that I lied
I promised you, not to chase for shells, at the shore of your eyes, for a year long...
So how do I say strange words as such?
When your eyes are my home...my home...your eyes are my home...and your eyes are my home and the abode of Peace
Ad you are the start...and you are the start of everything
And the perfect conclusion

وعدتك
وعدتك الا احيك ..ثم امام القرار الكبير جبنت
وعدتك الا احيك ..ثم امام القرار الكبير جبنت
وعدتك الا اعود و عودت ..ولا اموت اشتياقا و موت
وعدت بى اشياء اكبر منى فماذا بنفسى فعلت
لقد كنت اكذب من شدة الصدق
و الحمد الله الحمد الله..انى كذبت الحمد الله
وعدنك الا اكون اسيرت ضعفى و كونت..ولا اقولى لعيناك شعر و قولت
وعدنك الا اكون اسيرت ضعفى و كونت..ولا اقولى لعيناك شعر و قولت
وعدتى بالا و الا والا
فكيف و اين و فى اى يوم ترانى وعدت
لقد كنت اكذب من شدة الصدق
و الحمد الله الحمد الله..انى كذبت الحمد الله
وعدتك الا اصيد المحار بشطاّن عيناك طيلت عام
فكيف اقول كلام غريب كهذا الكلام
و عيناك دارى دارى عيناك دارى..و عيناك دارى و دار السلام
و انت البداية و انت البداية فى كل شئ
ومسك الختام مسك الختام

May we find the truth...all days.

Smile

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...

If you smile
With your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just...

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just...

Smile, though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by...

If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile...

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Be happy!

You are happy.
So do I hope.
I hope you have found your rhythm
I hope you have found the light in you.

I am happy.
So do I hope.
Happy in remembering our paths once crossed.
Happy you are happy again.

Sometimes, I am hurting bad.
Sometimes, the pain I can't withstand.
But then I remember, a melody I believe in.
That all that happens, happens for a reason.
That what is meant to be will be.

That all that has been was ideal
Even if so, it does not seem.

Sometimes, I wish our paths will cross again.
Sometimes, I wonder if this is forever.
But I rejoice in knowing that for now, you're happy.
I saw a picture of you with puppy, happy eyes.
I just realised now.
The first time I saw it, it seemed you were sad and broken.

How can the same photo give me a different feel.
How can I still feel...when you are broken, when you are happy.
When you're hoping and living and trying.

I pray for your happiness, I send you light.
I miss you all day round.
Then I look into my heart, and say.
Never mind, he's happy. He's alright!

Beats!

Out of the blue...literally, an earworm caught me...I felt a need to listen to this beat, even if without a singer and words.
One day, I have no clue when, I will know, why on some days, certain sounds, words, pictures and faces resonate more than others, with our being.
Till then, this beat suits me well Today!

This is a song about a lover who has been missing for years his lover...wondering if there will be another chance of reconciliation. He claims since their separation, he could not feel genuine happiness, or peace.

Wonder which wins when..."out of sight, out of mind" or "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
Guess time tells everyone, which for him/her is which!

What I love about the beat though...is the persistent hope despite the sadness...and logic!

Whoever passes by here, I hope you enjoy as much as I did :)

May we live all days of our lives!