Eid Mubarek my Mother

The Bayram song is spreading wide
it lives as long as voices sing
for you, my mother, this song has flown
beyond the endless skies and wind
it feels your dear and loving gaze
that wipes away these tears from me
those eyes that long ago one day
with sorrow watched me leave and flee

Bayram, Bayram Mubarak
let my lips now softly say
for you my dearest mother
who is far from me today
for your gentle tearful eyes
and childhood’s beauty shining bright
Bayram Mubarak, mother dear
from your only son tonight

Today is blessed Bayram day
yet sadness lives inside my soul
upon my chest they place with care
the crimson al-katmer rose
its color tries to hide the pain
while patience rules my heart somehow
within this dark and endless world
of distant western lands somehow

Bayram, Bayram Mubarak
let my lips now softly say
for you my dearest mother
who is far from me today
for your gentle tearful eyes
and childhood’s beauty shining bright
Bayram Mubarak, mother dear
from your only son tonight