God and a drop of oil is one of Charbel Baini's books translated by Maha Bechara

MY FRIENDS

 -1-

I've given my hand to my friends,

Who came to me

And stood at my doors,

I thought they knew that I consecrated

My friends,

O God...

In one moment they've eaten me,

And they have thrown my bones in the forest.

-2-

When You see their faces

For the first time..

Your eyes show the feelings of happiness

Because of their form.

You can read love between the lines

That could never be there without You,

But suddenly they float in Your mind,

To play on the strings of Your madness.

-3-

All they wanted was to take my money,

And I've never hidden any money,

Their relief was giving me happiness,

Their poverty was demolishing me,

What a shame!...

They destroyed me...

When I gave them peace of minds.

-4-

They are liars...

They tell You about

The humanity's truthfulness,

To inspire You with their lies

That they are a flame of the faith

But in a twinkling of an eye...

They'll trap You ...

..... And what it was, it was !!...

-5-

This world is full of thieves,

They were named "friends" spuriously,

I've tried to light their lamps

But they became dim,

Their hearts were full of darkness

Which we despised,

They stole me

And they desecrated the holy words,

Which have been written for a long time.

-6-

I believed them ...

But the ropes of the lie

Were prepared for me secretly

In a tree

Which they have named "Friendship",

Its leaves were always pale,

I watered it with the blood of my heart,

The tree absorbed my blood ...

But my heart became pale.

-7-

I'm not scared of them...

I am not scared...

My fingernails can reach their eyes,

Can chop off the high nose,

Which is like a curse underneath their horns,

Which is like a pile on cracked lips...

Because of their dishonesty.

-8-

They didn't know that their loss is bigger,

And with my death,

Their stomachs will be empty,

Because the one who eats a morsel,

Unlike the one who eats more and more,

And the friendship

Which has been killed by a grudge,

Could never be rekindled.

-9-

They didn't know

That on judgment day,

Their punishment will be miserable

And their last stop

Will be in front of You..

Your judgment does not need

Any explanation,

And he who betrays his friends

Will be thrown in the fire of purification.

-10-

They didn't know that my death,

Would make me come back as a giant...

With a brilliant laugh,

And my faith is much stronger

In a person who does not kneel

But for You..

O God...

Every time, a love dies,

We will collect newborn love on its end.

-11-

The people of the ominous lie,

Who named them Friends?!...

No priest is serving in a church,

No sheik is administering

Extreme unction to a swindler.

O God...

The criminal intent

Cannot be forgiven in any Book

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