Lovers #4: Majnun and Layla

I made my love no secret,
My darling why should I keep it?

With each movement of the sun
My love was reborn, newly begun.

We grew up together
My beautiful Bedouin lover,

Childhood friends, soulmates
Destined to love 'til Heaven's Gate.

They all called me madman
Because of my overt masterplan

Simply because I wooed,
Never hid my feelings as I pursued.

But your father was less than
impressed
By my raggedy dress,

By this ragamuffin,
Seeking your true loving.

I loved you a different way,
For every single day.

But madmen never win
My lovesick madness is a sin.

They wed you to another
Some Iraqi's brother

And shortly after you left
Your life was surely swept

Away by the tides
Of a broken heart you tried to hide.

I searched the wilderness
For my radiant Bedouin princess,

But each perfumed Arabian night
Only took you further from my sights.

I never stopped seeking you,
My Layla, I was always true,

Yours to hold forever your love's slave,
My last verse to you lies on my grave,

A tribute to our love
Doomed by the stars above.

But they couldn't stop us with all their might
For now we smile down with them at night.