Poems by Nizar Qabbani
Words
... more beautiful than he has seen of paintings ...
A Lesson In Drawing
... demanding, "Don't you know, Father, the difference between a ...
Language
... but gathered love's adjectives into a suitcase ...
When I Love
... When I love the water gushes from my fingers ...
Maritime Poem
... I run on the scattered rocks like a child ...
A Brief Love Letter
... If your eyes had not been, what would the world have been ...
Verse
... In a flash You changed me from a poet who wrote love poems ...
The Trial
... The East receives my songs, some praise, some curse ...
Love Compared
... I do not resemble your other lovers, my lady ...
The Fortune Teller
... My son, Who sacrifices himself for his beloved, ...
"your body is my map"
... like a mad horse from the Caucasus throwing me under its hoofs ...
I Am With Terrorism
... and our rape if we defended the last palm trees in our desert ...
We Are Accused Of Terrorism
... About a homeland that out of horror, its writers are using invisible ink ...
I Conquer The World With Words
... that has the music of water the message of fire ...
Sultan
... O Sultan! Because I dare to approach your deaf walls, ...
