أسماء حسن محمد
01/03/2008, 04:16 PM
The Target Text
I love you by Nidhal Hamad
As he stood there by her side while he was chanting the departure’s prayer, she's shaped just like a Christmas tree. Her bridal veil was whiter than snow in December, and her dress was made from rainbow –coloured. His shadow was glued to hers. He felt her warm breath and heard her heart beating. Bidding farewell to her, he went to the battlefield. After few weeks, he came back wrapped in a shroud. She stood in front of his coffin, and her shadow was glued to his. She felt his warm breath.
‘’ Why you left me alone and went away?’’ She blamed him.
His soul said to her:
I didn’t leave you, but I could not come back. I lost my limbs, so I could not walk or even crawl. I tried my best, but it didn’t work. I was swimming in my blood as if I were swimming in a sea. But, before my heart stopped beating, I said to you, ‘’ Do not cry.. I love you.’’
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أحبك لنضال حمد
وقف في حضرتها ، يتلو صلاة الرحيل .. بدت مثل شجرة الميلاد ، طرحة عرسها أبيض من ثلج كانون. ألوان فستانها من قوس قزح . التصق ظله بظلها، أحس بانفاسها الدافئة، بنبضات قلبها .. ودعها ثم مضى إلى جبهة القتال... لم تمض اسابيع حتى عاد ملفوفاً بكفن. وقفت امام التابوت ، التصق ظلها بظله. شعرت بأنفاسه الدافئة .. قالت معاتبة : أهكذا تتركني وتمضي بلا عودة؟
لم أتركك، لكني لم أستطع العودة، فقدت أطرافي فلم اتمكن من السير أو الزحف.. حاولت ولم افلح.. وبعد أن سبحت في بحر دمي وقبل أن يتوقف قلبي عن الخفقان.. قلت لك وأنت تندبينني .. لا تبك .. أحبك ..
I love you by Nidhal Hamad
As he stood there by her side while he was chanting the departure’s prayer, she's shaped just like a Christmas tree. Her bridal veil was whiter than snow in December, and her dress was made from rainbow –coloured. His shadow was glued to hers. He felt her warm breath and heard her heart beating. Bidding farewell to her, he went to the battlefield. After few weeks, he came back wrapped in a shroud. She stood in front of his coffin, and her shadow was glued to his. She felt his warm breath.
‘’ Why you left me alone and went away?’’ She blamed him.
His soul said to her:
I didn’t leave you, but I could not come back. I lost my limbs, so I could not walk or even crawl. I tried my best, but it didn’t work. I was swimming in my blood as if I were swimming in a sea. But, before my heart stopped beating, I said to you, ‘’ Do not cry.. I love you.’’
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أحبك لنضال حمد
وقف في حضرتها ، يتلو صلاة الرحيل .. بدت مثل شجرة الميلاد ، طرحة عرسها أبيض من ثلج كانون. ألوان فستانها من قوس قزح . التصق ظله بظلها، أحس بانفاسها الدافئة، بنبضات قلبها .. ودعها ثم مضى إلى جبهة القتال... لم تمض اسابيع حتى عاد ملفوفاً بكفن. وقفت امام التابوت ، التصق ظلها بظله. شعرت بأنفاسه الدافئة .. قالت معاتبة : أهكذا تتركني وتمضي بلا عودة؟
لم أتركك، لكني لم أستطع العودة، فقدت أطرافي فلم اتمكن من السير أو الزحف.. حاولت ولم افلح.. وبعد أن سبحت في بحر دمي وقبل أن يتوقف قلبي عن الخفقان.. قلت لك وأنت تندبينني .. لا تبك .. أحبك ..