My step will follow close to yours
I will be your shadow, henceforth
You walk and I follow you
You sit and I fold

I’ll never leave you, it’s bound to happen

Until night falls

You will find me at the same place

As soon as the first ray pierces you

With your back to the sun

I will stand by you, bending

If you face the sun

Behind you, I’ll be your faithful dog

When the sun appears on zenith

You would believe I’ve vanished

Relieved, you would think I came back to the shelter

But I remain, as far as sun is here

And whenever you feel fainting because of the heat

Look to your feet, I’ll be there to give you honours

I hate the falling night

It separates us

It brings me despair and worry

And leaves the place empty

I’m impatient, oh dawn! To see you

You appear, and I’m happy again!

The gleam comes to my rescue

Awakening me the coming night

And granting me a second chance

I need this faltering light

To thread the string in its escaping needle

And without realizing

I will appear to her, on the wall, a giant shadow

I will extend the day

To the sun, I will set up a dam

And then he won’t lie down

On the gloom, I will put a guard

To stop its advance and slow its step

You and me, we will enjoy ourselves

Life is only fleeting

My body shivers

My body still shivers

My heart still moans

I am so frightened

Whenever she comes nearer

My skin turns to a goose flesh

As if I spent the night in frost

Everything I see sends me back to her

All that we lived together

Is not expected or planned

We were walking innocently

Until we reached the doors of love kingdom

We had so sweet moments

We wondered at seeing

Those days flying so fast

And months turning steadily

My heart has never known

Such a moving story

Time arranges things

But we don’t realize

Later, we come to remember and recall memories

Then, we wonder how a drop of water

Can pierce a rock and bore it

Time arranges things

As it goes by it gives us habits

But we link everything to fate

We say it’s our destiny

We got used to each other, really

So our love is born.

poem by Ahcene Mariche