Music Composition/Sung by: May Nasr Instrumental orchestration by: Lou Salloum Lyrics: Ghada Samman See lyrics in Arabic and in English translation below, followed by interview with May Nasr in which she discussed this new release. http://youtu.be/TWZ_O1_LoTQ Here are the lyrics by Syrian writer/poet Ghada Al Samman in Arabic and in English translation: I love you.. Because you are only capable of loving yourself.. You make no effort to conceal this fact.. I have loved you for a thousand years.. Because, to this date, I am still incapable of truly knowing you.. I love you... For you are both my storm and refuge...my freedom and my prison... I love you..for your beauty and creativity.... A divine poet...unworthy of trust... Finger tips of color and light...screaming out with the perfume of jasmine... I love you... For you are gypsy traveler... You embody pure poetry... Your inflamed body is a raging storm....! I love
A blog by Stanford Lecturer Dr. Ramzi Salti spotlighting his Arabology radio show/podcast + cultural productions from the Arab world.