ON THE BEAUTY OF LOVING AND BEING LOVED

The one who loves

is like the Sun,

irradiating the light of Love.

The beloved one

is like the Moon:

beautiful but reflecting only

the beauty of being loved.

 

May you become like me,

I who am your Sun

and illuminate my spirit

with your light, my Love,

so that I may become like you:

beautiful, reflecting also

the beauty of being loved!

 

(Beirut, 10.8.1982)

 

LIGHT OF LOVE

You bless my life

with the light of your eyes

dawning over our bed, beside me.

Your green wine colored eyes, when half opened,

let flow tenderly over the sheet

still tepid by our passion,

the enormous tenderness living within you,

the light that you are and that you carry in your name.

 

But it is night, winter, it rains and your absence

melts with the cold pain of Love waiting for tomorrow

when, who knows, you will be back

with the first smile of the Sun!

 

(Beirut, 28.11.1979)

 
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