Friday Rendez Vous Hymns

I wait for you with immense love and longing

To recite suras from the Quran

And as usual celebrate

Our Friday rendez vous.

For you I covered my grave with jasmine

And on its walls

Hung your face

And from my soul lit up

A candle for you.

On the side of my grave

I wove for you

A seat from veins

So that you can sit

And not get tired

And not leave me quickly.

Yesterday, Thursday night

The moon whispered to me

About my brother “Omar”

And my beloved “Qadar”

And my “Father”.

I felt at peace

And on the shirt of my cheek

A tear of joy dropped ..

I wait for you with lovers’ eagerness

Knowing that our rendez vous

Will be superb.

I wait for you Mother …Samar

Loay Hussein Taha

Translated from Arabic by Lina R. Hamadeh