Warda

Al Mowashah (The Most Handsome Man)

Warda


Oh alas! If my darling is the light of dawn, 
then love is the night. 
One loving look melts the heart away. 
Secrets are revealed by love and 
the eyelashes pass messages of coquetry to 
the sweetheart as they wink acceptance. 
Sheer madness is my love but I admit 
you are the most beautiful girl. 

Why do my eyes admit to complicity 
when my darling knows the truth? 
So long has my heart concealed my love 
but my eyes reveal the loneliness and 
sorrow that have wasted away my spirit. 

You, my love, are sans pareil. 
Your eyelash is a wing over your cheek. 
And in your eyes is the sheer madness 
of my love but I admit 
You are the most handsome man. 

But alas! One reproachful look melts 
my heart although love will reveal all its 
secrets which are in the eyelashes 
through which messages of coquetry 
pass to my sweetheart as they wink acceptance.