ON THE BEAUTY OF LOVING AND BEING LOVED
The one who loves
is like the Sun,
irradiating the light of Love.
The beloved one
is like the Moon:
beautiful but reflecting only
the beauty of being loved.
May you become like me,
I who am your Sun
and illuminate my spirit
with your light, my Love,
so that I may become like you:
beautiful, reflecting also
the beauty of being loved!
(Beirut, 10.8.1982)
LIGHT OF LOVE
You bless my life
with the light of your eyes
dawning over our bed, beside me.
Your green wine colored eyes, when half opened,
let flow tenderly over the sheet
still tepid by our passion,
the enormous tenderness living within you,
the light that you are and that you carry in your name.
But it is night, winter, it rains and your absence
melts with the cold pain of Love waiting for tomorrow
when, who knows, you will be back
with the first smile of the Sun!
(Beirut, 28.11.1979)