Thread by @FatimahAbdulgh2

Ahmatjan Osman, born in 1964 in Chinese occupied East Turkistan, is one of the greatest living poets.
He wrote this mesmerizing poem when he was 19. When I read it, I had to share it with you. Please enjoy all the threads.

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My love, when did I start loving you?

My love, when did I start loving you?
Was it when the first spring was born?
Or when the divine separation blazed on the sky,
Since the moon and the sun were torn?
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My love, when did I start loving you?
Venus takes baths in your eyes.
Birds take naps on your eyelashes,
When your secrets sleep quietly.
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My love, when did I start loving you?
Flowers spread your fragrances.
Waters remember your name,
Earth sends out your breaths.
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My love, when did I start loving you?
How did you come into my dream?
You became the magic song of my melody,
When you took the dawn far away from me.
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My love, when did I start loving you?
Feels like we were living for thousand years.
I am your poet, only yours,
As you’re the divine arrow in my heart.
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My love, when did I start loving you?
Was I, perhaps, created from you?
I will always be your secret lover,
Til the universe vanishes from existence.

1983

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Translated by Fatimah Abdulghafur Seyyah