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20th Century Syrian poetry

for Valentine’s Day: Oh green bird by Nizar Kabbani

February 14, 2021 / zdunno03 / 4 Comments

Oh green bird,
As long as you are my love,
God is in the sky.

translated by Bassam K. Frangieh & Clementina R. Brown

When I am in love by Nizar Kabbani

February 1, 2021 / zdunno03 / 3 Comments

When I am in love
I become a liquid light
And in my notebook
The poems become
Fields of mimosas and daisies.

translated by Bassam K. Frangieh & Clementina R. Brown

Your eyes are like a rainy night by Nizar Kabbani

January 31, 2021 / zdunno03 / 4 Comments

Your eyes are like a rainy night,
My boats sink in them,
My writing disappears in their reflection,
Mirrors have no memory.

translated by Bassam K. Frangieh & Clementina R. Brown

Searching for You by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

July 12, 2019 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

Love is my pursuit
You are my pursuit
Love roams over my skin
you roam over my skin
and I
carry the rain-washed streets and sidewalks
on my back . . .and search for you

translated by Lena Jayyusi & W.S. Merwinlove

Vine-Grove by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

June 23, 2019 / zdunno03 / Leave a comment

Every man that will kiss you after me
will discover on your lips
a small vine-grove
which I planted.

translated by Lena Jayyusi & W.S. Merwin

from When I Love by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

June 21, 2019 / zdunno03 / 3 Comments

When I love a woman
all the trees
run barefoot toward me . . .

translated by Lena Jayyusi & Christopher Middleton

from Andalusian Diary by Nizar Qabbini (Kabbani)

June 20, 2019 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

Miranda Alafidra’s dense hair
breathing like an African forest
is a long love story
I have known many such tales in my time
and how they have nibbled my life away!

translated by Lena Jayyusi & Christopher Middleton

Testimony of Guarantee by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

June 20, 2019 / zdunno03 / Leave a comment

You want a testimony of love from me
Signed in big letters?
I declare that you are
The last among women.
But why the testimony? Tell me,
Can the sea guarantee forever
The boundaries of an island?

translated by Lena Jayyusi & Jack Collom

A Man’s Nature by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

June 19, 2019 / zdunno03 / 4 Comments

A man’s needs one minute
to love a woman
and centuries to forget her.

translated by Lena Jayyusi & Christopher Middleton

Education by Nizar Qabbani (Kabbani)

June 19, 2019 / zdunno03 / Leave a comment

Your love taught me how love
changes the map of ages
taught me that when I love
the earth stops turning.

translated by Lena Jayyusi & Christopher Middleton

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