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"My life is tears
and a fond heart،
longing, a book of poetry and a lute."
_A Life by Fudwa Tuqan_
"حياتي دموع
وقلب ولوع،
وشوق ، وديوان شعر ، وعود."
_حياة لفدوى الطوقان_
(Artwork Night Fall by Quang Ho.)
أغَرّكِ مني أنّ حُبّكِ قاتِلي
وأنكِ مهما تأمري القلب يفعل
ومَا ذَرَفَتْ عَيْناكِ إلا لتَضْرِبي
بسَهمَيكِ في أعشارِ قَلبٍ مُقَتَّلِ
امرؤ القيس
أراك، فأنجو من الموت.
محمود درويش
لِي فِي مَحَبَّتِكُمْ شُهُوْدٌ اَرْبَعٌ وَ شُهُوْدُ كُلِّ قَضِيَّةً إثْنَانِ
خَفَقَانُ قَلْبِي، وَارْتِعَاشُ مَفَاصِلِي، وَنَحُوْلُ جِسْمِي وَانْعِقَادُ لِسَانِي
I have four witnesses to your love and the witnesses for every case are two
My heart palpitates, my joints tremble, my body turns and my tongue twitches ~
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مَا أَجْمَلَ شَيْءٍ رَأَيْتَه عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْض؟
عَيْنَيْهِ ~
What's the most beautiful thing you've seen on the earth?
His eyes ~
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هَلْ تَشْتَاقُ لِي عِنْدَمَا تَسْمَعُ اِسْمِي...؟
Do you miss me when you hear my name...?
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إذَا أحَبُ القَلبُ شَيئاً ، رَأتهُ العَين جَنَّةً
When the heart loves something, the eyes see it as Paradise
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يَاه ، كَم عَلَيَّ أنْ أنتَظِرَك حَتَّى تَجِدَنِي ؟
Oh, how long do I have to wait for you to find me?
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عُيُونُك الْمِلْيَانَةُ جَمَالٌ تَجْعَلُ قَلْبِي يَتَأَلَّمُ
Your eyes full of beauty make my heart ache ~
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كَيْفَ يُمْكِنَكَ أَنْ تَشْتَاقَ إِلَى شَخْصٍ لَمْ تُقَابِلْهُ مِنْ قَبْل...؟
How is it possible to miss someone you've never met before...?
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لَا يُمْكِن لِشَخْصَيْنِ أَذْكِيَاءُ أَن يَقَعَا فِي الْحُبِّ ، الَحُبُّ الْحَقِيْقِي يَحْتَاج إِلَى أَحْمَق وَاحِد ~
Two smart people cannot fall in love, true love needs one idiot ~
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لَا شَيْءَ يُمْكِنُ أَن يَذْكُرَنِي بِهِ لَكِن الْقَمَرَ
Nothing can remind me of him but the moon ~
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أَلَمْ تُخْبِركَ غَيْرَتِي أَنَّنِي أرِيْدَكَ لِي وَحْدِي...؟
Didn't my jealousy tell you that I wanted you for me alone...?
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هَلْ قَطَعنَا كُلَّ هَذَا الطَّرِيْقِ مَعًا، لِنَنْتَهِي غُرَبَاء...؟
Did we cross all of this distance together, only to end up as strangers...?
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اشرب قهوتك، واعتنق الصمت، ولا تأخذ الناس على محمل الجد.. لا تأخذ الحياة على عاتقك، ولا تبالغ في عاطفتك، ولا تُرضي أحدًا رغمًا عنك.
Drink your coffee, embrace the silence, do not take people seriously, do not take life upon yourself, do not exaggerate your emotions, and do not please anyone against your will.
- Mahmoud Darwish
Do not go far! they say as they bury me
Where, if not faraway, is my place?
MALIK IBN AL-RAYB
A poet is at liberty to lie, but
he only lies in love because the heart’s provinces are open to alluring.
- Mahmoud Darwish
"A university degree, four books & hundreds of articles and I stil make mistakes when reading. You wrote me "Good morning" & I read it as "I love you".
Mahmoud Darwish
You are killing me, and you are keeping me from dying. That is love.
أن تقتليني .. وأن توقفيني عن الموت .. هذا هو الحب
Mahmoud Darwish
The war will end, and leaders will shake hands, and the old lady will still wait for her martyred son, and that woman will wait for her beloved husband, and those children will wait for their heroic father. I don't know who sold the homeland but I know who paid the price.
Mahmoud Darwish