Nizar Qabbani was a Syrian diplomat, poet, and publisher. He is considered one of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century in the Arab world. He was known for his passionate and romantic poetry, which often dealt with themes of love, feminism, and nationalism. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Nizar Qabbani on love, life, diplomatic.
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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.'
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.
Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.
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
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.
Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.
Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently.
Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you.
The most dangerous heart disease:
strong memory
And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.
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Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you. — Nizar Qabbani
The most dangerous heart disease:
strong memory — Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani Short Quotes
It's painful to listen to the barking of dogs.
Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook
Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants.
Dive into the sea, or stay away
We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons
A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.
There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.
Before you came
the world was prose.
Now poetry is born.
Kill him, then hug him.
Men are more faithful when dead.
What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.
Nizar Qabbani Quotes About Love
Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. I want to free the Arab soul, sense and body with my poetry. The relationships between men and women in our society are not healthy. — Nizar Qabbani
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
When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I said nothing to the woman I loved but gathered love's adjectives into a suitcase and fled from all languages. — Nizar Qabbani
Your love taught me to grieve and I have been needing, for centuries a woman to make me grieve for a woman, to cry upon her arms like a sparrow for a woman to gather my pieces like shards of broken crystal — Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani Famous Quotes And Sayings
Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you. — Nizar Qabbani
The most dangerous heart disease:
strong memory — Nizar Qabbani
We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind? — Nizar Qabbani
Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy. In short We wear the cape of civilisation But our souls live in the stone age — Nizar Qabbani
We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think. — Nizar Qabbani
The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches. — Nizar Qabbani
never believe a man can change a woman those men are pretenders who think that they created women from one of their ribs — Nizar Qabbani
O Sultan, my master, if my clothes are ripped and torn it is because your dogs with claws are allowed to tear me. — Nizar Qabbani
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
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness. — Nizar Qabbani
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
And all the countries seemed the same,
That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here. — Nizar Qabbani
My Master... Say all you wish of me. It does not matter to me:Shallow.. Stupid.. Crazy.. Simple minded. It does not concern me anymore. For whoever writes about her concerns. in the logic of Men is called a stupid woman. and didn't I tell you in the beginning that I am a stupid woman? — Nizar Qabbani
We killed you and it was not new for us, we killed the companions of the Prophet and the friends of God. O how many Messengers did we slay? O how many imams? We killed you and you prayed the night prayer, as all of our days are struggle - and all of our days are Karbala. — Nizar Qabbani
Life Lessons by Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani taught us to be passionate and to use our voice to speak up for what we believe in. He was an advocate for social justice and human rights, and his poetry was a way of expressing his views on the world.
He also showed us the importance of embracing our culture and heritage, and that we should never be ashamed of our backgrounds. His work was deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of the Middle East.
Finally, Qabbani's life is a reminder that we should never be afraid to take risks and to follow our dreams, no matter how difficult the path may be. He was a true pioneer in the literary world, and his legacy will live on for generations to come.
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