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The River of light ..
Through the banks of ..
.. sombre night
Revelations , vision and love
Sail in the torrential river of light
- The River of light
Cairo, the city of light and shade
Quanta laden light gust
thousands light years ahead ..
From the creative core of the infinite sole
Waves beyond waves of lavish lust .
Glorious brush in the delicate grip
religiously tracing a carved frame
and gently weaving a Cairene grace
of light, highlight, and a sepian shade.
At noon .. all noons, a faintly glow
Grows to a silky throw ,
and warm vibrant strokes
at sunset …wears spicy tangy hues .
Cairo, the city of light and shade
Painted, permeated, bathed
From birth to dark to dawn, a fairy tale
of the century old.. love affair…
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Nubia
Colourful outdoors
This an translation of an arabic poem I wrote celebrating the enchanting Nubia ..
شوف السما الزرقا علي الحيطان….
ودهب الصحرا ملبوس في السنان….
والغلب والضنك احمر في كل مكان…
بس القلوب بيضة ما تغيرت
هوا هوا المكان….
هوا هوا الزمان…
احلي ما فيكي يا مصر..
هوا هوا ..الانسان…
Walls are painted sky
A tooth crowned golden desert
Red is everywhere .. hardship and blight
But hearts remain immortally
ancient white
The land is immutable
The time is eternal
Egypt’s sweetest spot
Is still .. Human
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رحل…نعم …سقط …ليس بعد …
…اذكرهذا اليوم الجميل بحنين وولع
واحن لايام كانت ساطعة كلها جمع ..
واقرا اليافطات فاجده قد انخلع …
فاعجب ياتري من هواذا ذلك المتبَع …
Nubian Motifs
I wish I could have done some justice to the beauty of Nubia. Despite of my absorption with it, I have not in reality seen it…or at least the true one…what I visited last year was just a Nubian village in Aswan..you can call it Nubian Tourist settlement… meant for people like me with white shirts and shorts to see ,take pictures and buy cheap Galabiah (which I did..as I was supposed to do)… I have managed to feel through the fake…I didn`t miss the true Nubian soul, the architecture and the interiors… I am now fantasizing about the real thing ..the true Nubia…further past the catracts in Northen Sudan…who will take me inside a house of a Nubian who have never seen a toursit in his life…what would that feel like… I am dreaming of walls built by hand, mixing golden soil with sweat…then someone grabs a brush and paints his ancestors souls right there…. Pride and history on walls for us to see…. I now understand how the displaced Nubians feel… How can we repay them … if ever possible….
My last Pictures of Nubian Motifs concludes my journey through the Beautiful Nubia….
You can read further about Nubia in this excellent article…
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/the.decorated.houses.of.nubia.htm
نوبة جمال علي الحيطان .. في النوبة.. …………..Beautiful Nubian outdoors..
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- Beautiful Nubia
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- Beautiful Nubia
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