Art From The Past

جبران خليل جبران

Candle

Candle

by May Richardson

I light my candle,

melting it clear

the air whispers,

sometimes too near.

My candle burns

yellow, blue, white,

I keep it goingall through the night.

Sometimes it flickers,

moving in torrid patterns,

circling, dwindling, sparking tatters,

flame wanes, then rises up,

springing form what you thought was no more.

It keeps on fighting,

melting wax as time goes by,

the candle is me,

and it is I.

When The Year Grows Old

When the Year Grows Old

by Edna St.Vincent Millay

[1917]

I CANNOT but remember

When the year grows old --

October -- November --

How she disliked the cold!

She used to watch the swallows

Go down across the sky,

And turn from the window

With a little sharp sigh.

And often when the brown leaves

Were brittle on the ground,

And the wind in the chimney

Made a melancholy sound,

She had a look about her

That I wish I could forget --

The look of a scared thing

Sitting in a net!

Oh, beautiful at nightfall

The soft spitting snow!

And beautiful the bare boughs

Rubbing to and fro!

But the roaring of the fire,

And the warmth of fur,

And the boiling of the kettle

Were beautiful to her!

I cannot but remember

When the year grows old --

October -- November --

How she disliked the cold!

Lost Without You

Beverly Craven - Lost Without You

lyricsArtist: Beverly Craven

All the years of living alone

Thinking of myself

Were filled with days of emptiness

And room for no one else

I found a haven in isolation

With nothing to lose

Safe and lonely thinking of only

What I had to prove

I was lost without you

I was lost without you

Like being frozen in time

Disillusioned with life

Until I knew

I found myself in you

I remember being afraid

Of my destiny

Fear of change or losing my way

And my identity

Then something bigger just took over

And it happened so fast

Lying here, my head on your shoulder

Reliving the past

I was lost without you

I was lost without you

Like being frozen in time

Disillusioned with life

Until I knew

I found myself in you

I found myself in you

And all the love I needed to give

Finally found a home

You’ve given me a reason to live

Can’t go back

Don’t let go

I was lost without you

Lost without you

Like being frozen in time

Going out of my mind

Until I knew

I was lost without you

Lost without you

Like being frozen in time

Disillusioned with life

Until I knew

I found myself in you

I found myself in you

لما لا ترحلين

اقتربي... اقتربي يا حبيبتي أكثر

اليوم... اليوم أدركتُ ما تفعلين

والآن... فقط سأخبرك من تكونين

أخفيتِ بجمال شفتيك سم الثعابين

وبنور جسدكِ سحرتِ عقولَ التائبين

وأنا... أنا يا حبيبتي كنت من التائبين

بين الكنائس.. بين المساجد.. لا يهم

فقد كنت من المصلين

أُخفي في ثوبي خطايا الأيام والسنين

حتى جئتِ.. وعلى جسدك الطاهر

رسمتُ خارطة كباقي المسحورين

وسافرتُ في غياهب عينيكِ كالمجانين

اقتربي مني يا حبيبتي.. وتوجيني

بتاج الحب كما المغفلين

مجروحٌ أنتَ يا قلبي.. ومسكين

سحرتكَ دموع عيون الياسمين

وعاهدت نفسك عهداً كعهدِ المحبين

أن ترَفق.. ترفقَ يا قلبي.. فهي الحنان والحنين

يا حوريتي.. في أحضاني كالقطة كنتِ تنامين

بشفاهكِ حبيبتي... كانت أجراس الكنائس تدقُ في الميادين

تبعثرني.. تلملمني.. وأنا أصلي أن أبقى من العاشقين

واليوم يا ملاكي.. رحل عنك نور الصالحين

وذبلت أزهارُ العشق فلا هوى ولا عاشقين

واليوم يا حبي حانت نهاية المحبين.. فلما تبكين

وجاء موعد رحيلي.. وأنتِ متى ترحلين؟

فاليوم باتت الأيام والسنين كما الناس النائمين

والأقدار اختارت.. فلكِ دينكِ ولي دين

فلماذا يا مليكتي لماذا أنت باقية.. ولا ترحلين

Written By
Fidelity

محمد ويسوع في بلاط القدس / ردينة مصطفى الفيلالي

أثارُ مخالبهم في تجاعيد وجه المدينة
في قناديلكِ المظلمة
وملامح العجوزِ المسكينة

أعرفُ يا حبيبتي كم بكيتِ حين
شوّهوا ملامح العذراء الجميلة

نخروا جسدها بالأحذية القديمة
وحين رحلنا جميعاً، تركنا أميرة َ المدنِ رهينة

ونحن نراهم يفقأون فيها العيون اليتيمة
قفزنا كالجرذان من سطحِ السفينة

فانتحرتِ الكرامةَ فينا
كما تنتحر البراءةُ في العيونِ اللئيمة

عفواً يا محمدُ واعذُرنا يا يسوع
بعد أن تمزقت أوراقُنا تحطمت فينا الجذوع
أصبحت امتنا غصوناً فروع
تشرب حتى الثمالةِ من كأس الذُّلِ، نهر الخنوع

تمارس في الوكرِ الأبيض شيئا ً من الصلاةِ
وهو الركوع
فهوت قدسيةُ القدسِ أمام الجموع

تحطمت الصوامعُ ذابت في الكنائسِ الشموع
سكتت تنهداتُ الشعبِ بين الضلوع

أضرمنا النار فيك حبيبتي
أضرمنا النار فيك قُدسَنا

وحسبُنا أن اللهب تطفئهُ الدموع

An Apology

An Apology

It’s a rainy day … Drops of memories clicked on my window … Smiling … leaving me once again hoping … That one day we shall meet ever after … Dancing in the hall of passion … Leaving all the heart aches behind … Many thoughts passed my mind … Is there a place left for me in your heart … in your life … Can’t hold my breath … can’t hold my tears …

Sweetheart …

Please forgive me … forgive my selfishness … forgive my sins … for I never meant to hurt you … oh ... my dear … if I could hold you for once and ever to tell you how much you mean to me … how much I care … I’ll give everything to see your pretty face once again … and I know there may be times when I should be there to hold you through the nights … but tell me what shall I do … because I can’t stop my heart from loving you …
Days and days passed in front of me and my heart still with you … I just need you to know that I never felt so lonely … so desperate … praying “ god, … help me … so I stay strong till you return to where you belong … to my life … your home …”
I made my vow … that I will always be there … I will give everything and always care… through weakness and strength …. Happiness and sorrow … for better or worse I will love you with every beat of my heart ….
From the moment we met I have been blessed … and my dreams came true because of you … and I promise you my angel … as long as I live … I will love you…

Written By

Fidelity

My Foolish Beat

I long to see the sunlight in your eyes
Every day…
I miss you.. I miss you more than words can
Ever say…
I never thought like this before…
But it has become stronger more and more…
It's hard to pretend that that nothing has happened…
And the foolish beat in my heart started without end..
As long as its okay…
I am glad to feel this way…
My life turned to be better everyday
You have banished my fears away…
I believe in you…
Till my dreams come true…
You gave me the power to
Love… to forgive… to share
And I always wanted
To tell…
That I care

By: Murad_07