LOVE against the odds. A Sad and touching letter from a refugee in love.
When Swedish journalist Erik Wiman found a letter – written in Arabic – in a water-resistant bag along the coast on the Greek island of Samos, at first thought he took it for a message from one of the smugglers.
However when he had the message translated, Erik was shocked to discover he’d actually stumbled upon a love letter.
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To Rose from Hamody (Picture: Erik Wiman/ Aftonbladet) |
Writing for Swedish political website Aftonbladet, Erik explains: ‘With your help, we want to find this refugee , who lost a love letter on the Greek island of Samos during the last few weeks.
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It is believed the refugee would have arrived on the island of Samos by boat at night (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images) |
Very little is known about the person who lost the letter, but what we do know is the author is called Hamody (which Erik says could be a nickname for Mohammed or Ahmad), the woman it was written for is called Rose (or at least that’s what her sweetheart calls her), and the letter is written in Iraqi Arabic.
The love letter in full
‘My Rose,
I promise you, I will love you till the last minute of my life,
I promise you, no one will be in my life but you :P,
I promise you, I will not let anything separate us no matter what it is,
I promise you, your value will not change no matter what happens,
I promise you, I will be by your side till the last breath,
She is for me and I am for me,
She loves me and I love her,
She adores me and I adore her,
Common it is enough romance now,
She is awesome when she laugh,
When she makes me feel jealous,
When she is fixing her hair,
When she gives me a kiss,
To whom I give my secret and die for,
This is a kiss from me,
From the humble the lovely Hamody,
This is a kiss to my teddy bear.’
I promise you, I will love you till the last minute of my life,
I promise you, no one will be in my life but you :P,
I promise you, I will not let anything separate us no matter what it is,
I promise you, your value will not change no matter what happens,
I promise you, I will be by your side till the last breath,
She is for me and I am for me,
She loves me and I love her,
She adores me and I adore her,
Common it is enough romance now,
She is awesome when she laugh,
When she makes me feel jealous,
When she is fixing her hair,
When she gives me a kiss,
To whom I give my secret and die for,
This is a kiss from me,
From the humble the lovely Hamody,
This is a kiss to my teddy bear.’
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