Nizar Qabbani Professions : Diplomat Born : March 21, 1923 Died : April 30, 1998 Browse All Authors Top 37 quotes by Nizar Qabbani Don't love deeply, till you make sure that the other part loves you with the same depth, because the depth of your love today, is the depth of your wound tomorrow. Nizar Qabbani deep-love depth love-you The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.' Nizar Qabbani eye home country A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body. Nizar Qabbani tragedy mind heart If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness. Nizar Qabbani madness want heart There is who loves you quietly, and respects you quietly, and wishes you privately, and walks away when he sees you busy with someone other than him, and his ego restrains him from getting near you, and contents himself with the love for the sake of love Nizar Qabbani ego wish love-you My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky Nizar Qabbani love romantic relationship The most dangerous heart disease: Nizar Qabbani strong heart memories And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you. Nizar Qabbani because-of-you stills writing Before you came Nizar Qabbani born poetry-is world Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality. Nizar Qabbani accepting dream reality Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up. Nizar Qabbani my-love-for-you decided shut-up Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you. Nizar Qabbani flaws stills love-you In the summer I stretch out on the shore And think of you. Had I told the sea What I felt for you, It would have left its shores, Its shells, Its fish, And followed me. Nizar Qabbani sea summer thinking And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts with your eyes while I’m the one who’s crazy about them. Nizar Qabbani crazy eye taken Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you. Nizar Qabbani looking-good away-from-you moon Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently. Nizar Qabbani losing-someone losing goes-on Arab children, Corn ears of the future, You will break our chains, Kill the opium in our heads, Kill the illusions. Arab children, Don't read about our suffocated generation, We are a hopeless case. We are as worthless as a water-melon rind. Dont read about us, Dont ape us, Dont accept us, Dont accept our ideas, We are a nation of crooks and jugglers. Arab children, Spring rain, Corn ears of the future, You are the generation That will overcome defeat. Nizar Qabbani rain spring children There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. Nizar Qabbani forget people Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants. Nizar Qabbani weakness borders enemy Kill him, then hug him. Nizar Qabbani faithful hug men Similar Authors April Glaspie diplomat Anwarul Karim Chowdhury diplomat Anne Armstrong diplomat Andrew Dickson White diplomat Alfonso Garcia Robles diplomat David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech diplomat All Authors
