غرناطة [Granada] [English translation]

at the gate of Alhambra 1 we've met.. how delightful it is to meet by chance!

at the gate of Alhambra we've met.. how delightful it is to meet by chance!

dark eyes, how beautiful they are. like the candle in a christmas night

are you Spanish? I asked her. She said: and I was born in Grenada

Grenada, has woken up after a seven-centuries sleep in those eyes

Grenada, has woken up after a seven-centuries sleep in those eyes

at the gate of Alhambra we've met

how strange is history, how it brought me back to a beautiful brunette from my grandchildren

and I saw our old house, and my room where my mother put my pillow

she walked with me and her hair was gasping behind her 2 like a wheat 3 that was left without reaping

she said 'here's Alhambra, the pride of our grandfathers, read my glories on its walls'

her glories, and she wiped a bleeding wound, and she wiped another wound in my heart

at the gate of Alhambra we've met

and I walked like a child behind my guide and history like ashes behind me

if only my beautiful heir realised that whom she meant were my grandfathers

I embraced a man named Tariq Bin Ziyad* as I bid her farewell

at the gate of Alhambra we've met

1. the castle in Grenada 2. it's an implication of how long her hair is 3. her hair is similar to wheat in length and colour

• Artist:Kazem Al-Saher