the dreams of love

Romantic poem

poem’s name: the dreams of love

(أحلام الحب)

Poet’s name: Abdel Moneim Al-Alam

(عبد المنعم العالم) 

Date of writing the poem:  1 jan 1951 

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فلن أشعل لك من لهبي نارا 

I will not burn a fire from my flame

ولن أهب لك قلبي لأن قلبي كسير 

And I will not give you my heart cause my heart is broken

فسيري في طريقك.. واذهبي بعيد

So, walk on your way and go far

ودعي راهب الظلام في صلاته 

And let the monk of the darkness be in his prayer

أقاسمه شجونه وأحزانه

I share with him his worries and his sorrows

يالقلبك المعذب وياللحن الغائب

Oh, tortured heart and absent tune!

أنفاسك تحترق وفي عينيك دمعة الألم 

Your breaths are burned and there is the tear of the pain in your eyes 

كفى دموعا وآهات 

It is enough for tears and groans

لقد ثار النسيم وبكى 

The breeze rebels and cries

والليل يرتل أغانيه 

And the night chants its songs

ومحرابي.. تهيم به الأرواح حائرة 

And the uncertain souls are wandering in my niche

أيها الغريب لا تبك 

Oh, the stranger! Don’t cry

فقد بكت الزهرة الذابلة بدمع الندى

Cause the withered flower cries with the tears of the dew

وبكى القلب الكسير.. بما سال من دمه 

And the broken heart cries with its spilled blood

واستحال مع الأيام.. في الجوانح ذكرى

And becomes, through the days, a memory in the ribs

فلا تغن أغنياتك الشاكية الحزينة 

So don’t sing your sad and complaining songs

ودع الليل مسدلا ستاره 

And let the night drape its curtain

على أحلامي وأوهامي 

On my dreams and my delusions

ودع روحك الحائرة تهيم في عالمها 

And let your uncertain soul wander in its world 

وسر في طريقك واذهب بعيدا ودعني وحدي 

and walk on your way and go far and let me be alone

اهيم في دنياي واتعبد في محرابي 

Wandering in my world and worshiping in my niche

وأنت هناك وحيدة في منفي القبل 

And you are alone there, in the exile of the kisses

والطريق مغطى بالألم الأحمر 

And the road is covered with the red pain

ولسنا عندك لنبكي 

And we are not here to cry

كنت هانئة والأزهار تتوجك 

You were happy and the flowers were crowning you

نقية طاهرة كطفل 

Pure like a child

وربى الحب تزهر في مطلع الفجر 

And the hills of love in the beginning of dawn

والآن خبا كل شيء 

And now everything has faded

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الرمال الدامسة تنبسط أمامي 

The dark sand expands in front of me

والذكرة تعصف بنا 

And the memory storms with us

ولكن هناك بعيدا في الأحلام 

But there, in the dreams

أنوار الحب كانت تنير ليالينا 

The lights of love enlightened our nights 

كفراشة زرقاء صغير حائمة 

Like a small, blue and flying butterfly

محمولة على أكف الريح 

That's carried by the hands of the wind ...

كجوهرة عقد رائع 

Like a jewel of an amazing necklace

لا تلبث أن تذبل في الغيب 

This necklace gets withered soon in the unknown

لثوان رأيت السعادة 

For seconds I saw happiness

وكيف تتوهج، وتشرق، ثم تزول

And how it shined, rose and disappeared

An explanation of this piece from the arabic poems :

Abdel Moneim Al-Alam succeeded in expressing his feelings with fluent expressions such as “the exile of the kisses” “withered soon in the unknown” and “the red pain”, this poem is a long run of beauty. We can see the disappointment in the inners of the poet through the short hope here: 

For seconds I saw happiness

And how it shined, rose and disappeared

Mr. Abdel Moneim had an uncertain sprit that allowed him to create a lot of interesting poetic meanings, like most lovers he suffered from love, his memories of his lost loves tortured him beautifully. He remembered his love mode as a great light: 

."The lights of love enlightened our nights" 

He missed all of that:

."now everything has faded"