My Aunts

1

My aunty Clara,

Indiscriminate love

Was her motto.

Her smile glittered

Like the stars

And like the candles

In the church

2

The amazing tenderness

Of my aunt Hannah

Has no boundary.

She always presents like a flower,

And with pride, I utter her name

3

My aunt Therese,

An abundant fountain

That flows with warmth

And with compassion.

She is like a book of prayer,

With letters more precious than diamonds

4

I missed my beloved mother,

Who alleviated all my worries,

She knitted me an attire of love.

And with a constant sign of the cross.

She kept me, blessed and protected.

5

They went beyond the pearly gates,

But in my heart, they will always be,

The flowers with an eternal bloom.

I refuse to let my life

Be like an empty glass,

Void of my loved ones.
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Writen by Charbel Baini
Translated by Elie shaanin