I long for you like kissing lovers long for breath,
I long for you like time longs to progress,
Like the seconds long to vanish, to die.
My longing for you stretches the spans,
The distances that separate us.
It blankets, wraps, coils around us.
My longing for you brings me ever closer to you.
My longing for you takes my heart and your heart
And marries them.
My longing for you turns my initial sadnesses
Into rejoicing for having such a lover.
Longing for your lips thus reassures me
That you were, are, and ever will be mine.
I long for you with the fervency of the sun.
I long for your name to be spoken,
For my ears to welcome it in, put at ease by its mention.
I long to fall asleep with you, on your neck.
I long for you like I long for Neruda or Qabbani,
Like I long for the land I call home,
Like I long for heaven,
You, my eyes, my life.
