I love you

 

by Nidal Hamad

 

Trans>> Asmaa Hassan

 

As he stood by her side he was chanting the farewell’s prayer. She looked just like a Christmas tree. Her bridal veil was whiter than snow in December, and her dress was rainbow –coloured . His shadow was glued to hers. He felt her warm breath and heard her heart beating. Bidding farewell to her, he went to the battlefield. After few weeks, he came back wrapped in a shroud. She stood in front of his coffin, and her shadow was glued to his. She felt his warm breath.

‘’ Why you left me alone and went away?’’ She blamed him.

His soul told her:

I didn’t leave you, but I could not come back. I lost my limbs, so I could not walk or even crawl. I tried my best, but it didn’t work. I was swimming in my blood as if I were swimming in a sea. But, before my heart stopped beating, I told you, ‘’ Do not cry.. I love you.’’