The Chambers of My Heart - Al Mutanabbi
My translation does not do it justice : Tell my dear beloved who lives in the chambers of my heart, That even if I don't meet him, I still meet him And that my sight is connected to seeing him... Even if our dwellings are far away from one another I hope he realizes that I don't remember him As how can I remember him if I can't forget him in the first place? O you who thought that I don't remember him And God knows that I never forget about him If he is away from me, my soul is his home So how possibly could the heart forget who lives in the soul? - Al-Mutanabbi (915 – 23 September 965) Here is a recitation of the poem in Arabic : And h ere is the original poem in Arabic : ...