Some real interesting imagery in this song if you want to see the difference between metaphors in Arabic and English poetry. Lyrics by Nizar Qabbani
Oh you who I loved until it burned, love me
Oh you who I loved until it burned, love me
If you wanted a place to stay I will house you in the light of my eyes
Your love is my map, the world's map no long concerns me
I am it's oldest city of sadness, and my wound is hieroglyphics
My pain extends like a flock of birds from Baghdad to China
Make my passion grow
Oh beautiful fit of madness
Sparrow of my heart my April
Oh sand of the sea and soul of my soul
Oh jungles of olives
Oh taste of ice and taste of fire
And flavor of my doubt and my belief
I feel scared of the unknown so strengthen me
I'm scared of the darkness so hold me
I feel cold so cover me and sing near me sing for me
For I have searched since the beginning of the universe for a country for my forehead
For the love of a women to take me to the edge of the sun and throw me
Make my love grow
Oh most beautiful fit of madness
Light of my life my fan my lamp my vineyard
Give me a bridge made of the scent of orange
And put me in the darkness of your hair like a comb and forget me
On your behalf I freed my lament and left history behind me
And scratched out my birth certificate and cut up all my arteries
| Kazem el-Saher - Make My Passion Grow Make my passion grow Oh most beautiful fit of madness Drown me milady the sea is calling me Kill me for perhaps if death kills me it will revitalize me Oh sweetest of the universe's women love me |  |
Oh you who I loved until it burned, love me
Oh you who I loved until it burned, love me
If you wanted a place to stay I will house you in the light of my eyes
Your love is my map, the world's map no long concerns me
I am it's oldest city of sadness, and my wound is hieroglyphics
My pain extends like a flock of birds from Baghdad to China
Make my passion grow
Oh beautiful fit of madness
Sparrow of my heart my April
Oh sand of the sea and soul of my soul
Oh jungles of olives
Oh taste of ice and taste of fire
And flavor of my doubt and my belief
I feel scared of the unknown so strengthen me
I'm scared of the darkness so hold me
I feel cold so cover me and sing near me sing for me
For I have searched since the beginning of the universe for a country for my forehead
For the love of a women to take me to the edge of the sun and throw me
Make my love grow
Oh most beautiful fit of madness
Light of my life my fan my lamp my vineyard
Give me a bridge made of the scent of orange
And put me in the darkness of your hair like a comb and forget me
On your behalf I freed my lament and left history behind me
And scratched out my birth certificate and cut up all my arteries
كاظم الساهر - زيديني عشقاً
زيديني عشقا زيديني
يااحلى نوبات جنوني زيديني
زيديني غرقا ياسيدتي ان البحر يناديني
زيديني موتا عل الموت اذا يقتلني يحييني
يااحلى امرأه بين نساء الكون احبيني
يامن احببتك حتى احترق الحب احبيني
يامن احببتك حتى احترق الحب احبيني
ان كنتِ تريدين السكنى اسكنتِ في ضوء عيوني
حبك خارطتي ماعادت خارطه العالم تعنيني
انا اقدم عاصمه للحزن وجرحي نقش فرعوني
وجعي يمتد كسرب حمام من بغداد الى الصين
زيديني عشقا زيديني
يااحلى نوبات جنوني زيديني
عصفورة قلبي نيساني
يارمل البحر وروح الروح
وياغابات الزيتون
ياطعم الثلج وطعم النار
ونكهة شكي ويقيني
اشعر بالخوف من المجهول فآويني
اشعر بالخوف من الظلماء فضميني
اشعر بالبرد فغطيني وغني قربي غنيلي
فأنا من بدأ التكوين ابحث عن وطن لجبيني
عن حب امرأه يأخذني لحدود الشمس ويرميني
زيديني عشقا زيديني يااحلى نوبات جنوني زيديني
نواره عمري مروحتي قنديلي فوح بساتيني
قدي لي إثرا من رائحه الليمونِ
وضعيني مشطا عاجيا في عتمه شعركِ وانسيني
من اجلكِ اعددت رثائي وتركت التاريخ ورائي
وشطبت شهادة ميلادي وقطعت جميع شراييني
زيديني عشقا زيديني يااحلى نوبات جنوني زيديني
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