بعشقك كلك [Ba'sha'ak Kelak] [English translation]

The first & the last love inside me

Kills1 my eyes the laugh of your eyes

You became in my life a piece of my own self

And I'm becoming with love your lunatic2

By your eyes I love the whole of you,

And the soul if it fell down, I wouldn't pick it

In short, from all my heart I'm telling you.

A thorn to the eye of whoever see you & not say "masha' Allah"3

Your presence is essential & a crown on my head

Your presence in my heart is infinite (has no end)

(You) great in my eyes & hard to put to scale (quantize)

Other than you I have no purpose in life

By your eyes I love the whole of you,

And the soul if it fell down, I wouldn't pick it

In short, from all my heart I'm telling you.

A thorn to the eye of whoever see you & not say "masha' Allah"

1. Tou2borny= send to grave~= kill.2. your crazy one.. refering to Leila & the crazy (Leila wa al-magnoon).. an old arabic story about "Qeys & Leila".. He fell in love with her & wrote a lot of poetry about her, & she loved him back.. But her family never accepted him as a husband to their daughter & he went crazy & kept saying a lot of poems.3. samma: said "bism Allah ma shaa2 Allah".. sth said for wishing protection by God for some loved one or any one that looks so good..etc.

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