The Slaughter Of Love

How can Humankind
Be so blind
Unable to sense
That love is the essence
Of life

Put by God
In every heart
In every stone
So fate won't get bored
From being alone
And now like an evil bud
With a knife and a cord
They start
To turn all this love
Into Blood

Sami Cherkaoui

I Am To My Love

Painting attributed to Vladimir Volegov

Behold and hear
My little white bird
Why be absurd

And curious
It's obvious
And crystal clear
Don't blame or get mad
Or be sad
This is the way to be
I am to my love
And he is to me

Winter is gone he said
The dove returned
Apples blossomed and sent
To my doors their scent
With little dew and sunrise
Truly in your eyes lies
My spring and skies

So when he made the call
I did not hesitate
I ran to my fate
He took me and stole
My sleep and comfort
Put to our escort
Beauty and its merits
We stood in the holy court
Where love prays
And asked the sun rays
To bits by bits
Our love story knits.

Sami Cherkaoui
(An attempt to give a Fayrouz song an English meaning)

My Princess

 Howard David Johnson Portrait

Who else
Would be my princess
Who would dare?
To claim a share
Of your glow
ANd without you know
You made a mess
When you had the touch
Of the divine bless
That very much
Made the Angels jealous
They stood alert
And in a blink
I stood in defence
How can they think
They can hurt
My princess
Or without a fight
Can take my heart

Sami Cherkaoui

The Divine Touch

Christiane Vleugels Painting

It is clearly said
You are the dew
God had made
For femininity
And from you
Outlined Beauty
This is true
Also your lovely face
Has a holy trace
And with some divine tricks
These lips
Flourished as a red rose
But from Blood and Flesh
Ripe and fresh
For a love doze
And a hungry kiss

Sami Cherkaoui

Endurance

Annie Stegg Painting

When you are afar
I feel the distance
Is just an instance
Of endurance
But from the first instant
I know I can't tolerate
At any rate
This fate
And I hate
The space
That makes you far
Like a blazing star
I can only see
But can not embrace
And to bring you to me
I will fight the destiny
Dare the universe
I don't want the glee
I just want you in my arms
Not my Avatar

Sami Cherkaoui

Except You

Elzbieta Mozyro Painting

Except you who else
Can be my pulse
Hold my heart
And together start
This trip
For me
Life is a ship
Sails only in your sea

Sami Cherkaoui

My Last Day

An He Painting

If I sleep and you are not
My dream and shed
If I wake up and don't smell
Your scent in my bed
If my soul don't stay
In your heart when I pray
And you are not the sun
Of my day
Then I can say
My life is gone
And yesterday
Was my last day

Sami Cherkaoui

Your Face

Love Love Love

When We Met

My Best Deal

Between Yes And Know

I'm The Real One

My Princess

My Universe

I Am To My Love

I am to my love
And he is to me
My white little bird
Why to get absurd
This is crystal clear
Better hear
Don't blame or get mad
Or be sad
I am to my love
And he is to me

Winter is gone he said
And the dove returned
Apples blossomed
And I see at my doors
Little dew and sun
And in your eyes
My spring, light and fun
And when he called
I did not hesitate
I ran to my fate

He stole me
From my sleep and comfort
And on his road I escort
The beauty
And asked the sun of love
To bits by bits
Our love story knits.

Sami Cherkaoui

The Fatigued Sailor

Hold me for an instant
Like an infant
In your arms
Pass me your charms
Teach me your name
Let me feel this holy flame
I am the fatigued sailor
Who reached your harbor
Through the waves of fate
I know I am late
But I need you to take me
Hug me
And let me rest
On your chest
Teach me
How to live and stand
How to talk and walk
In your land
So God may keep us
And protect

Sami Cherkaoui

In The Year 2525

Where is that song?
Prediction was right timing was wrong.

When half the world hates the other half
Who would believe this stuff?
I believe the hatred is 90 per cent
NOW
Not in 2525
Whether you fly or dive
It is 90 per cent
And the other 10 has no consent
They just don’t have any resistance
No persistence or guts or insistence
They just drive
A wave to thrive
It won't matter they smash who
They have no taboo
They are worse than the rest
Because those spit out their honors and rest
And what we do?
Nothing!Just forget.

Just watch when it comes to an end
Who is gonna bend, fend, rend
And who’s gonna stay till the end
 
The End! 
This no one will see
Deads cant see
Religions, politics, money!
You see honey?
Its all about damn money!
 
Look me in the eyes
Americans, Persians, Europeans, Chinese, Turks, Arabs, Jews, Christians, Muslims Buddhists
Communists, Socialists, Capitalists
All of you brothers and sisters
And tell me this is not funny.
What happened to your ancestors?
Where are they and where is their money?
Their damn money.

Nations raised and vanished
Powers nourished and lavished
Greedily conquered over and won
Then just melted and gone.
No trace except history which we manipulate
Just to keep the hate.

Roll on and on
From generation to generation
This is the ugly foundation
To hate you and to hate me.
This is the question now
No more To be or not to be

In the end
Sympathy is what we need
My friend
Sympathy is what we truly need.

Sami Cherkaoui

You make me true

Who else
Except you
Makes me true

Without your bless
I can say
Nothing can be real
And confess
That only you
Can make my day


Sami

My Rose

Why not all roses
like my rose
Red as my tears

It grows in my heart
Blows my brains
Runs in my veins
In my blood sinks
And drinks
The fire
Of my love
My passion
And my fears

How can fire
Be water
To my rose
And how my rose
goes
All over my space
And how I melt
In her scent
And when I desire
I lit
My life
With her fire
All my years

Sami Cherkaoui

Your Kiss Is The Bliss

Do you remember that first kiss

Do you miss what I miss?

When you came with your red dress

Tight like love at first sight

And for that beautiful night

You were its moon

And everything else

Was a mess

I can never forget

When you chose me for a dance

It was my chance

To hold you

Then I never let you go

And put you

In my heart to rest

My Darling

How can I express

How I feel

And how every time I kiss you

I heal

Because between a kiss and a kiss

I have that wound

Pierces through my body

To strike my heart

And your kiss is the bliss

That would

Take me from a tragic end

To a new start.

Sami Cherkaoui

Peace and pain

Don't Blame
This is the game
Love is eternal
But we don't ever-last
Bits of this and bits of that
One day we dissolve as one
Next day we are done
We love again
Then hate again
Cries and smiles
Peace and pain
Love and hate are one
The same mate
And what can remain
To love and adore
You love me
And I adore you more

Sami Cherkaoui

The Morning Kiss

It is the daily fighting

Who would kiss me first

My love or the morning

The morning Kiss for them all

Even the stone

But the kiss of my love

Is for me alone

This is why I wake up and turn

To kiss my love in return

And be kissed again and again

Sami Cherkaoui

You Are My Bless

Gently your song

kissed my ears

It did not take long

To wipe my fears

Relax my heart

Wake my pulse

What I need else

To make my blood stream

You are no longer a dream

But a bless

God makes you come true

And this is precisely why

I love you

Sami

For Your Eyes

Rain and tears
Are the same in my cup
With them I wash my fears
And for your eyes
I stand up
Nothing can keep us apart
There is no end
Only a start
There is no silence
In my heart
It is true I am this comet
But not drifting away
I am coming close and will stay
To live in you
Because you are my moment
And I truly surely
Love you
Sami

This life can not be true

Do not let your dreams go away
Let them stay
Make me in any form
Just invite me to your world
Say the word
Don't mind the storm
Because I don't
It will not wake us up
Let me be what you want
And together
Let us drink this cup
How can I exist without you
This life can not be true
If we are not with each other
I love you
And everything else
Really does not matter

Sami

That Final Touch

When I look at your face

And see your smile

I feel the grace

Which God grants you

There is a deep space

Between other women and you

They are beautiful, perhaps

While

You are the recaps

Of Femininity and Beauty

And it was the angels’ duty

To make that final touch

Who said this divine line

Is mouth and lips

But a red rose

Made of veins and flesh

Always fresh

Always shine

From there the sun rose

And the dew

Put a special touch

On its tips

For me to kiss

Everyday

And with all my heart say

I love you

Very much

Sami

That's Right

That's right

Tonight

You are my enchanting Princess

And I am your charming Knight

To your heart I'll have the access

From a mile

I can see your smile

Smell your scent

If this is a sin

To love you

I win

Because I'll never repent

And rather be with you

Sami

My Soul Mate

I plead to the skies

To send a cloud

That rains you into my arms

Then travel in your eyes

Cross places and times

Chanting those lovely psalms

Your breath makes the music

My heart rhymes

And with no logic

The sky sighs

Like a baby cries

I smell your scent

It tells me you are at my door

How much I adore

My fate

With the wind it sent

Blossoms of Aromatic Thymes

Together with my glamorous soul mate

Sami

My Utter Light

Remember
You are this stream
Flowing in my heart
Like a dream
You fill my soul
My life ignite
With an ultimate goal
I am your charming knight
That fine line
Between myth and divine
You are my utter light
Of my day and night
And my beautiful sunshine

Sami