Poem

A Salute to Farouk

O king whom all have seen, whose light transcendsThe noblest worth of ancient worth’s extremes
O king who gathered all the people’s heartsBlessed be the best of sovereigns’ grace
O model of the noblest race on earthThey shone the world and shook the nations’ hearth
You are a bloom, a fragrant breath divineThe bloom’s perfume is bound to its own shrine
Today we’ve sworn an eternal vow to keepThat we shall stay the loyal and true, unswerving!
Poetry

Echo of My Dreams

Publisher Taawun Press
Page count 163
Publication date 1936

Poems of the Book

A full list of all the poems from this book
Love of the Impossible Confusion To My Mother The Prisoner Beautiful Dream Echoes of my Breath Moon Greeting Life Cries The Wretched Beauty Reproach To the Forgetful Spring Hope Grant Me An Artist Wish The Roaming Bird A Passing Reflection The Thirsty Soul The Enchanter On the Shores of Aswan The Wandering One O Nightingale The Lamenting Bird Where To? Despair and Hope Reflections of Solitude I Adore You Birds of Spring O Heart To the Artist Between Me and God Do You Remember? Echo of My Dreams I Wish From Beyond the Graves I Complain to My God

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