Valentine's Day By Ancient Egyptian Lovers
Valentine's Day is for the celebration of Saint Valentine's love and faith. Valentine was a Roman who lived in the third century. He died a martyr for his faith. His Christian love is remembered on the 14th of February each year, the date that he faced matyrdom. In modern time, people celebrate all types of love, especially among lovers and sweethearts.
Ancient Egyptian Lovers; (Love in Pharaohs Age):The ancient Egyptians excelled in writing romantic love poetry. In addition eulogies to Nile River and its merits, there were many love poems that expressed not only vehement poison surging the heart of a lover, but also delicate emotions.
Sentiments of love were couched in beautiful similes derived from the aesthetic aspects of Egyptian environment. For example, a lover says to his beloved, “My beloved is like a garden, full of beautiful papyrus blossoms and I am like a wild goose attracted by the taste of love”.
Another lover says, “My beloved is there on the other bank. We are separated by the floodwater. On the bank side, there is a crocodile lying in wait. But I am not afraid of it. I will swim through the water until I reach her and be delighted.”
In another love song, two lovers exchange most refined expressions of love. The loving woman says, “I will never leave you my darling. My only wish is to stay in your house and at your service. We will always be hand in hand, come and go to gather everywhere. You are my health; my life.”
It is to be noted that in many of thelove poems in ancient Egypt, the man calls his beloved as “sister”and the woman calls her lover as “brother” in order to show how each one of them highly appreciates the other and rises him.
posted by Mohammed F. Riad @ 11:40 AM
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