Ibrahim Thiam

student from Dakar

Fear to lose my way
Between sun and snow
Between surety and loss
Between past and future
Between sharing and possessing
Between smile and calm
Between rain and sun
Between dark and light
Between fear and loneliness
Between black and white
Between peep and gape
Between rhythm and blues
I fear to lose my way.

Identity

Let me tell you about my history.
Three Generations, two Centuries, and one Destiny.
Having trouble to get my direction,
I live with the past while facing the future.
I can no more recognise whether sense nor tense.
To my present world I feel so strange,
that I even follow an innocence dance.
Who can understand one who struggles against Centuries,
Knowing my pain, dealing with my questions.
Lord, I'm not complaining at all, but I'm only looking
for my peers.

Despair
Waking up from a deep sleep
Vibrating the beat of my heart
No more swing, no more smile
No more joy
The sun is not coming up today
The stars are losing their light tonight
The moon, its face.
Once again, I will be dancing the silence's rhythm
Ibrahim Thiam

Diabe Yaayi Bour (Queen Diabe)

May I compare your beauty with one of a Queen,
Your smile with the sundown's light.
The rays of your smile remind me of the moon of Badr
The tender gaze of a mother,
The decision of a father,
My heart defies all challenge of distance
My thoughts run through Mountains and Plaines
Just to get refuge in the heat of your hands
My pride is being yours My wealth is my education.
Thanks Mum.

Forgiveness

Never did the sun of love so appear on my way
But I wonder how my friend dared such a thing
Faith was my strength, and I was so in love
But I wonder again how had he got that in mind
Flying through ignorance, I didn't worry
Even dealing with reality did leave me blind
She and I were steering from the heart, I thought
And you go and lead me to a shipwreck
In an ocean of love
Not a retaliation towards you but an awakening
Forgive, I can forgive you
Forget, I cannot.