Book 08 · The Ache of Distance
Hbabii
حبابي
Poems inspired by SNX's songs, retold by AIA Labs.
From the song
Hbabii حبابي by SNX
An almost entirely Hindi song under an Arabic title ("my loved ones"). The singer says he will scatter like a moment and fold into a shadow; having met her, he will part from her. With eyes closed he is only her dream, and whether he stays in her dreams or not is no matter; in her memory only he remains. His heart is a wanderer asking what it is searching for. He asks her not to ask whether he stays or goes, asks who took his smile, and wonders what is there in the place he is no longer in.
Deeper meaning
Fading out of someone's life while still being the one they remember. The tone is that of a gentle Hindi ballad, and the image of a person becoming a shadow is the centre.