Hope to reunite in the Place of Truth
Poet: Ahmed Ibrahim
3 Dec 2013
3 Dec 2013
Night visits and dreams of tiredness
lived in my mind over the months
Mixing the past with the future’s images
throwing the days in a revolving life
Nights would pass and days would come
but my heart's gone, and lost its way
O' he who is hiding in my heart
who is living deep in my conscience
Covered in my eyes, under the eyelids
whenever you want you move away
O' he who swims in my river of tears
and flies away whenever my eyes open
We could no more meet in my sleeplessness
when you hide behind flowery wreaths
Night would leave me with anxiety
what if he is in one of these graves?
My eyes soar towards the horizon
Would he be in that swarm of birds?
You lived in my heart for decades, o' Hisham
How can I forget when you are months away
O' the beloved one, taken from my sight
by the call of truth and Omnipotent’s will
O' early traveller to the land of resurrection
seeking highness and tremendous glory
In the darkness of night you ran fast
when called upon by the Syrian plight
Moving away, disappearing, and leaving
hearts, broken and deeply shocked
hearts, broken and deeply shocked
You left a family stunned by your leave
in a flame of passion and flooding tears
Genuine and valid was that cause
which had ignited your conscience
Walking lands and flying skies
riding difficulties through unknown ways
Leaving Dublin towards Antalya,
moving to Idlib and Shaghour's bridge
Surely you weren't seeking luxury life
neither you aimed at an easy goal
neither you aimed at an easy goal
Ask Damascus and the forts of Hamah
and ask Raqqah about the brave lion
Never stopped running to every battle
with burning faith and brave heart
It was God's will that you stay there
witness for Him for all the times
witness for Him for all the times
Be patient my heart and stop my tears
He is in the Throne's shadow of the All Justice
You have won Heaven, so enjoy Hisham
with the angel brides and endless provisions
You have won the Garden, the eternal home
in the Throne's shadow of the thankful Lord
My hope in God that you intercede for me
when I meet with you on the resurrection's day
My hope in God that we will reunite
in the place of Truth with the forgiving Lord