Raqs Sharqi

the fire within
moves those hands that fan
where love begins
to express as song and dance
 
the senses alert
to every move and sound
unveils the inner self 
in  its mystery that surrounds
 
lost in time
in this timeless dance
the spirt lives 
chained in everlasting trance 
 
the veal conceals
her ever joyous lips 
brightens her eyes above
amidst the sky bowing hips

dance and beats
hands and feet
moves and turns
celestial a  treat

as feet grips  
firmly more and more
mind just flies to
knock, dreams, paradise door 

every cell from
head to toe
would heal in rhythym
as the drum beats go

the costume lits
her soft sensuous skin
reflecting  a woman's true heart
glowing deep within

the music quickens
and those beats in its pace
there creates an inside stillness
lost in time and space

the enticed onlooker
has drowned himself
lost in her dance
she has forgot herself 

Its feminine art
in glorified form
the dancer and drummer
in oneness they perform