Ashiqan
عاشقاً
Poems inspired by SNX's songs, retold by AIA Labs.
From the song
Ashiqan عاشقاً by SNX
A Moroccan Darija confession that switches into formal Arabic. His heart yearns for her, and he wants to be a lover. He asks how the night passed, then jokes that she is sweet and he is hungry. He and his friends want to come and see her because she is beautiful, and he asks the friend whether he understands. In the second half the language rises: he is in love with the magic in her eyes, he does not understand how he became a lover, he will stay in her eyes, and nobody knows what state he is in.
Deeper meaning
The song is about being surprised by your own love. The comedy of the hungry line gives way to a more exposed admission that he cannot explain himself. The loneliness at the end is the real point: a person in love is understood by no one, even when everyone is told.
Book 02 · Light of My Life