A love song to Australia is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Paul Abdul Ahad

MY MUM

 -1-

I'm yearning for your eyes

Yearning for the smile

For bliss dropping lips

Even in dormancy

O gaze full of hope

My heart is burnt with grief

And afraid to reveal

Destiny is frib bling with my life

:And your voice in my ears ringing

"Do not wail or scream"

-2-

:You said to me

"May God be pleased with you all"

Invocation of God before the death is heard

And void's heart cleaved

As my heart did.

Doctor help my mum

Doctor remedy my mum

!Doctor my mum's gone

O moment full of pain

Antoine kneeled on his clot

George froze and restrained

Joseph yelled what's wrong with you

Marcel on your chest nestled

Michel on his way here

Upset and drown with tears

Your daughters in law grief has shone

They lost the unlimited tenderness

Lost the motherhood and the pampering

Your families are like a kingdom

Bowed its head before you

-3-

..I cried

..By God, I cried

..By God, I cried

Forgive me, forgive my tears

Don't think I forgot that will

Your clause is a verse engraved on my ribs

:But mum, my story is

I lost the bliss

Lost the hope

And you who were my fortune

I lost you

I lost you

Like live coal my agony became

Putting it down with tears

Lighting my eyes as candles on your grave

 And Jesus cries

-4-

:They said

"In July the world is terminating"

Apparently the world will end by your death

Motherhood death is hard

It shouldn't be happening

It quenches hearts beating by your voice

July is gone and live coal stayed

In eyes became filled with red tears

Why do you leave us why

?Into a speed we couldn't inquire

Obviously he called you

You missed him

And he missed you

Fine, go to him

It's time to go and meet Sarkis

:Living is graceful next to him

Angel sleeping on saint's chest

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