"Kana Sadiqi" كان صديقي [He Was My Friend] is an Arabic poem written by Iraqi poet Karim Aliraqi كريم العراقي aka Karim Odeh كريم عوده, about finding himself in the role of intermediary between a couple (two friends of his) whose love he had once witnessed but who were now breaking up. The poet speaks of his dilemma in the video below then goes on to recite the poem in Arabic. Poem translated into English by Dr. Ramzi Salti. قصيدة "كان صديقي" للشاعر كريم العراقي (كريم عوده) يخاطب بها حبيبين افترقا وكان هو الوسيط بينهما والذي يشكى كل منهما له همه وسبب بعده عن حبيبه الآخر. ترجم القصيدة الى الانجليزية الدكتور رمزي سلطي This video shows the poet, Karim Al Iraqi, reading his poem in 2014: https://youtu.be/Dz3lG0mZZSw Lyrics كامات القصيدة He was my friend and she was eternally his. Their love story, revered by everyone How could that story, once so sweet, Transform into quarrels, desertion, neglect? And I, the witness, wounded in their battle Ca
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