You Remain My Beloved

About this book

You Remain My Beloved gives voice to a love imagined as stronger than time and physical decline. Even after stars burn out and worlds disappear, the speaker promises to seek refuge in the beloved's embrace; even if memory ages and speech can no longer form her name, the heart will retain it in blood and breath. Alaa Abu Shahata turns devotion into a lyrical meditation on permanence, closeness, and the desire for affection to survive every boundary that separates one life from another.