To My Darling
Darling if you knew
What moans in the mind
And sighs in the soul
You'd no longer mind
What those winds do say
To frighten our day
Darling if you heard
How the heart so shouts
And utters my tongue
You wouldn't have doubts
That I'm your hunter
But your burnt lover
Darling don't be please
So slave to habits
Be free of that old
Instinct of rabbits
Be free like a bee
"To be or not to be"
Turki Amer
February 16, 1972
Written Originally In English |
Sun Juice
In the pastures of the soul
Go back and forth sweet darling
Embrace that new naked sun
Nesting in the horizon
Take a small spoon of its juice
As fuel to your voyage
Pour the juice on the mixture
Of ancient straw and barely
And cut your chains dear horse
To fly wherever you want
Turki Amer
April 1993
Written Originally In Arabic |
Ode To Peace
O peace we are starving
Let's have a piece of dream
Dark is eating the Earth
Isn't there any gleam
O peace come down my friend
Your white wings spread and send
War is here war is now
To eat us don't allow
Fast peace we're waiting for
For war is at the door
Turki Amer
October 14, 1973
Written Originally In English
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Damned Girl [?!]
In a tired Arab home
Moment before eventide
A first baby girl was born
But after a son of "pride"
The father from feet to head
Was full of anger and grief
But the winds were deep-frozen
And didn't shake any leaf
That God's will consoled himself
Next time there must be next time
A baby boy maybe twins
And I will restore the rhyme
The "damned" girl he named her
With males to fill up the home
He wished she had come a boy
To keep the tribe on the dome
Turki Amer
October 1983
Written Originally In Arabic
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