[منى عرب]

Bride of the Nile,
red henna decorates

her beauty and warmth


Nefertity dances with Horus,
the couple's sun-kissed bronze faces
are laced with longing

palms pave the waves
as the boat waddles
slowly down the Nile

her dress blushes in lilac

while the green smiles of lotus flowers
shine across its transparent silk



her golden anklets giggle
as they waltz across

the azure water


the couple's black hair

is entwined on their eager faces
a waterfall of elegance




love overwhel ms