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Nizar Qabbani: Five Love Texts Posted by Fisal on Sep 27, 2012
It has been a while since we last read any Arabic poetry! Today we are going to read a poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani. The poem is entitled, “Five Love Texts خـمــســةُ نــُُــصـــُـــوص عــَــن الــحــُـــبّ ”. In the poem, Nizar boasts of being in love. He says that his love is…
Nizar Qabbani: Bigger than all Words Posted by Fisal on Aug 16, 2012
It has been a while since we last read any Arabic poetry! Today we are going to read a poem by the great Arab poet Nizar Qabbani نزار قبانى . The poem is entitled, “Bigger than all Wordsأكــبــرُ مـِــن كــُــلِّ الـكــَــلـِـــمــَــــات ”. In the poem, Nizar boasts of being a great eloquent poet. He…
Every Year, You are my LOVE ! Posted by Fisal on Dec 30, 2011
Every Year, You are my LOVE ! Happy New Year, everyone. The new year is at the door. May all your wishes come true. Today, I present this beautiful song أغنية of the famous Iraqi singer; Kazim Al-Sahir كاظم الساهر . The song was written by the great Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani نزار قباني…
Do you have any doubt !? Posted by Fisal on Nov 27, 2011
Today, I present a love poem by the great Syrian poet; Nizar Qabbani نزار قبانى. Nizar has written a lot of poetry in different topics. He is famous all over the Arab World. His words are very delicate and his style is so simple and passionate. The poem is in Fus’ha and is called; …
Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) Posted by Fisal on Apr 21, 2011
Nizar Qabbani was a Syrian Poet شاعر , diplomat دبلوماسي and publisher ناشر . He studied law القانون at Damascus University and worked as a diplomat in the Syrian embassies in Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Britain, China and Spain before he retired in 1966. His poetic style combines simplicity البساطة and beauty الجمال . He explored…
Nizar Qabbani’s Poem “Words” Posted by aziza on Jul 13, 2010
In this post, I present one of the most beautiful poems of Nizar Qabbani that became a song by Majda Al-Roumy. It is called (كـــلمات) ‘words’. The poem, its translation and the video are given below. Enjoy! He tells me, when he dances with me,Words are not like other words He takes me, from under…