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Book 05 · Walk Tall

Ma Nsayto

ما نسيته

DramaticRising

Poems inspired by SNX's songs, retold by AIA Labs.

From the song

Ma Nsayto ما نسيته by SNX

An Egyptian-Arabic song that opens with thanks and ends with a walk-away. At the start he says he has never forgotten, never held back, and thanks the God who brought her back to him and answered his prayer without excuses. Then the tone turns. She says she doesn't want him to hate her, and that she is not going to give excuses or be wronged. She says he never changes, it is always the same record, and that enough torment is enough. Learning how to stop was easy, she says, and the whole thing has become boring. It is love that is not loyal, it cannot go on like this, and they really do need to leave each other, because she loves herself more.

Deeper meaning

The song starts like a love song and turns into a decision, and the shift is the idea. The phrase about the same record playing over and over is the sharpest line: the problem is not pain but repetition. The final claim of self-love is the answer to every earlier plea.