Till We Meet Again

We have a proverb in Arabic that says that good times pass by so fast الأوقات الحلوة بتعدي بسرعة. This one is definitely true. No matter how long the time might seem to be sometimes, it can be so short when you want to tell someone how grateful you are to them or how much you love them, how much you are going to miss them, and how desperately you wish to see them again if not in this life, then at least in the next one. You turn away to catch your transportation home and your body is doing its best to move fast while your soul is begging it not to. Wishing that somehow the time just stops for a second, that the Earth would slow down, that the moon would take a break, that the whole universe would listen carefully cause two human beings are trying to have a proper goodbye. A parent and a child, two siblings, two friends, two neighbours or two lovers. To sum it up, time is so short for those who are in love.
Poetry sums it up perfectly :
كأنا خلقنا للنوى و كأنما حرام على الأيام أن نتجمعا
غدا منادينا محببا فينا يقضي علينا الأسى لولا تأسينا
It means : It's as if we are created for separation. And it's as if it's forbidden for the days to bring us together. Our beloved tomorrow is calling us for a better future. If it's not for our patience, our sadness would have killed us.

The more great people we meet, the more it’s so hard to say goodbye so it’s much better if we say till we meet again.

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