Forbidden
A poem by: Ahmad Fuad Najem
Translated BY: Adib S. Kawar
Forbidden to travel
Forbidden to sing
Forbidden to speak
Forbidden from longing
Forbidden from resentment
Forbidden from smiling
And every day of your love prohibitions increase
And every day I love you
more then the previous one
My love the craving and jailed ship
An informer at every knot
Soldiers at each port
Forbids me to zeal for you
or fly to you
And to take refuge in your lap
or at your welcoming bosom
As a suckling baby suffering from weaning
And return to your compassionate heart
My love the adorned city
Sad... grief in every neighborhood
In every palace decoration
Forbidden to wake up adoring you
Or go to bed and parley
Forbidden from shutting up
And every day of your love prohibitions increase
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