Your Eyes Poem by Ahmed Fouad Negm

Your eyes…and your eyes are a travelling voyage
In the desert….and in the oasis
And the longing….sleepless is this world
Neither to slumber…nor to rest
The darkened eyelashes no longer
Call out for the promised
And me, your amorous flirtation sent me to heaven
I drank, there, from the rivers of honey
loved for ages
And me, I lay sleepless many a night, for you
And the people of this world call out to the night
I returned to that travelling voyage
In the desert
And in the oasis
And I call for the night
And for every lover there is the night
O destined heaven
Who came by and asked for us?
Who from our successors cared?
For the roses
From that moment, we were together
Passion is hardship
I returned to that travelling voyage
In the desert
And in the oasis
In your eyes