Sonnet: aynna da d ligh s souk,‭ ‬da yash ghalgh

I chose a Shakespearean Sonnet for this poem. The Shakespearean Sonnet is typically used whenever the topic regards love, both obtained and unrequited. This love, however, is more of a universal love that I write about.

aynna da d ligh s souk, da yash ghalgh

da d tddugh souk ku simana,
nnag da ssagh lhwayj afad ad snugh imnsi.
welakin,‭ ‬wi lhwayj ur ghursn lma3na
aynna ur tlit da didi.

gan ghas lhwayj.‭ ‬lhwayj azrqi,‭ ‬lhwayj azggagh‭;
mddn da msawal d da tiddrn ldunitnsn,
ur da sin hat da yash‭ ‬taghufigh.
kulshi da t3ayad am‭ ‬digi‭ ‬tillas.‭ ‬welakin,

aynna da tfrrajgh mddn,‭ ‬da tighiygh ad inniygh
tayri digsn alnsn.‭ ‬okan‭ ‬digi‭ ‬tillas‭ ‬ur da yi tbrrsh
d t3ayadgh‭ ‬3mmrgh s asid awd. da 3llmgh
hat aday ad inniygh tayrinsn d ad tswargh‭ ‬tayrinsh,

kulu ldunit da t3ayad‭ ‬digsn‭ ‬ibayn
sg kuyan asidnsn n tayrinsn.

Translation: While Here at Souk,‭ ‬I Think of You

I come here to souk every week,
where I buy things in order to make dinner.
However,‭ ‬these things have no meaning
while you are not here with me.

They are only things.‭ ‬Blue things,‭ ‬red things‭;
people speak to each other and live their lives,
not knowing that I am missing you.
Everything‭ ‬becomes like darkness in me.‭ ‬However,

while watching people,‭ ‬I am able to see
the love in their eyes.‭ ‬Then the darkness‭ ‬in me doesn‭’‬t hurt
and I become filled with light again. I learn
that when I see their love ‬and I imagine your love,

the whole world becomes clear
from everyone‭’‬s light of their love.