14 June 2012

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.

DelilahLovers #4: Majnun and Layla • Opuss № I