Tag Archives: Arabic poetry
Nizar Qabbani: “Hamlet; The Poet” Posted by Fisal on Mar 26, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً , Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “Hamlet; The Poet هــامــلــت شــاعــراً“. In the poem, the lover rushes in his love like Hamlet. He borrows some lines from Hamlet and adapts them to the…
Mothers in the Arabic Literature Posted by Fisal on Mar 22, 2015
Ahlan Arabic lovers! I would like to start this post with a special thank you to my mother and all mothers; Happy Mother’s Day! The Arab world celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday. The idea of officially celebrating mothers on a special day that coincides with the coming of spring dates back to Mustafa Amin…
“Get Together”; Lotfi Bouchnak Posted by Fisal on Jan 28, 2015
Ahlan أهــْــلاً, Arabic lovers! Today is 28th January. This day five years ago was the epic day of the Egyptian 25th January, 2011 Revolution. The day was known as “The Friday of Anger جــمــعــة الــغــضــب“. It witnessed the biggest crowds that gathered in every place in Egypt. It also witnessed the biggest number…
“To my Love on New Year’s Eve”; Nizar Qabbani Posted by Fisal on Dec 31, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً and Happy New Year, Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “To My Love on New Year’s Eve إلـي حـبـيـبـتـي فـي رأس الـسـنـة“. It is a poem of unlimited love, an eternal one that…
Nizar Qabbani; “River of Sorrows” Posted by Fisal on Dec 17, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Today, I am presenting a very beautiful love poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled; “River of Sorrows نــهــرُ الأحــزان“. It reflects the suffering that the poet finds in his love. I have also posted a youtube video of Nizar Qabbani…
“If only we hadn’t parted, …”: Kazim Al-Sahir Posted by Fisal on Nov 5, 2014
Ahlan Arabic fans! Today I am presenting a beautiful love song أُغــْــنــِــيــَّــة by Kazim Al-Sahir كــَــاظــِـــم الــســَّــاهــِــر . The song is entitled “If only we hadn’t parted, .. لــَــوْ أنــَّــنــَــا لــَــمْ نــَــفــْــتــَــرِق“. It was written by the famous Egyptian poet شــَــاعــِـــر Farouk Gweedah فــَــارُوق جــُــويـــدة . Kazim Al-Sahir is used to composing most –…
Nizar Qabbani; “Unlimited Love” Part II Posted by Fisal on Aug 29, 2014
Ahlan أهــْــلاً Arabic lovers! Here is the second part of the long love poem by Nizar Qabbani نــِــزَار قــَــبــَّــانــِــي . The poem is entitled “Unlimited Love حــُــبٌّ بــِــلا حــُــدُود“. There is also the youtube video reciting the whole poem in Arabic so that you can listen to the poem as long as reading…