O dew of the flower, and my sorrowful longings.

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

**((Arabian Sea)) Abdullah Obal:** **O violet flower** **O captivating one, with roses adorning your cheeks** **O dreamer of honey** **O adorned with asceticism** **O singer of love** **O swaying like a branch** **Whose features hold a garden** **O dreamer of dawn and dew** **O radiant with sound and echo** **O star in depth and expanse** **O oasis of hopes and expectations** **When you gift the dew the soul of the poem** **O sad violet flower** **The pulse of a heart possessed by longing** **You were the lights of the city** **O dew of the flower and my sad longings** **You were my beautiful song** **Half my soul has left love's years behind** **O nights that have forgiven, while the heart sails in its moaning** **O nectar of light, O rose unique in its longing** **Where are you now, and where is that love?** **Ah, the pain of the lover, when a precious one departs**