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Yesterday when I was young

Yesterday when I was young,
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue,
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame;
The thousand dreams I dreamed,
The splendid things I planned
I always built, alas,
on weak and shifting sand;
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away.

Yesterday, when I was young,
So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see,
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out,
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall concerned itself
with me, me, and nothing else at all.

Yesterday the moon was blue,
and every crazy day brought something new to do,
I used my magic age as if it were a wand,
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond;
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
and every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died;
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play.
There are so many songs in me that won’t be sung,
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue,
The time has come for me to pay for Yesterday
When I was Young.

Take A Look At Me Now

How can I just let you walk away?
Just let you leave without a trace
When I’m standing taking every breath with you, ooh
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

How can you just walk away from me?
When all I can do is watch you leave
‘Cause we shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now
There’s just an empty space
There’s nothing left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face

So take a look at me now
‘Cause there’s just an empty space
And you’re coming back to me, it’s against the odds
And that’s what I’ve got to face

I wish I could just make you turn around
Turn around and see me cry
There’s so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why
You’re the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now
Well, there’s just an empty space
There’s nothing left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face

So take a look at me now
So there’s just an empty space
But to wait for you is all I can do
And that’s what I’ve got to face

Take a good look at me now
‘Cause I’ll still be standing here
(Standing here)
And you coming back to me is against all odds
And that’s a chance I’ve got to take

Chance I’ve got to take, got to take

Take a look at me now, ooh
Take a look at me now

Losing A Friend

if (I) would be (YOU) .. then .. (HE) would be (ME)

When I saw him last
he had that look in his eyes
I said, “Do you need to talk?”
he said, “No.”
So I called him up, asked him again and I waited a while –
he began to speak, then he started to cry

You know some things are best left unspoken
and some things just never work out
and sometimes, seems you try and you try and whatever you do
There’s a fix that you’re in, and you just can’t get out
he said, “I need your help, I need it now
Give me the strength to go on”

Though I didn’t know what
I knew that something was wrong
but he still had his pride
he’d tell me in time
Well this feeling inside
kept eating at me
I was losing a friend, and I had to know why

When I heard the voice on the phone, I knew it was bad news
so I rushed to be by his side
and we said goodbye for the last time
I gently hugged him, and kissed him goodbye
he whispered, “I need your help, I need it now
Give me the strength to go on.”

We were always laughing
I just remember laughing, mama
We were always laughing

Oh I need your help, I need it now
Give me the strength to go on

Though as time goes by, and it all becomes clear
we can see the deceit, we see the lies
So I asked myself, over and over, and over again
What did they know? What did they hide?
Fools, leading the innocent blindly
Fools, turning away

And I know that
when I think of my friend with that look in his eyes
and if they told the truth, he might be here today
I need your help, I need it now
Just give me the strength to go on, on

I remember the laughing
We were always laughing

Oh no – it’s just strength we need now
Just the strength to go on…

Here Comes A Sun

أنا وعقلى

وأَعْجَبُ منّي كيفَ أُخدَعُ عامداً

على أنني مِن أَعلمِ الناسِ بالناسِ

Consider Me Gone

There were rooms of forgiveness
In the house that we share
But the space has been emptied
Of whatever was there
There were cupboards of patience
There were shelfloads of care
But whoever came calling
Found nobody there

After today, consider me gone

Roses have thorns, and shining waters mud
And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud
Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun
And history reeks of the wrongs we have done

After today, consider me gone

I’ve spent too many years at war with myself
The doctor has told me it’s no good for my health
To search for perfection is all very well
But to look for Heaven is to live here in Hell

After today, consider me gone

أجافيكم لأعرفكم – قصيدة للأستاذ صلاح عبد الصبور

 

أنا شاعر

ولكن لى بظهر السوق أصحاب أخلاء

وأسمر بينهم بالليل أسقيهم ويسقونى

تطول بنا أحاديث الندامى حين يلقونى

على أنى سأرجع فى ظلام الليل حين يفض سامركم

وحين يغور نجم الشرق فى بيت السما الأزرق

إلى بيتى

لأرقد فى سماواتى

وحيداً .. فى سماواتى

وأحلم بالرجوع إليكم طلقاً وممتلئاً

بأنغامى .. وأبياتى

أجافيكم لأعرفكم

كلمات لا تعرف السعادة

Dare To Live