Arabian Love Poems
Nizar Kabbani was a poet of great simplicity - direct, spontaneous, musical, using the language of everyday life. He was a ceaseless campaigner for women's rights, and his verses praise the beauty of the female body, and of love. He was an Arab nationalist, yet he criticized Arab dictators and the lack of freedom in the Arab world. Frangieh and Brown's elegant translations are accompanied by the striking Arabic texts of the poems, penned by Kabbani especially for this collection.
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Nizar Kabbani was a poet of great simplicity - direct, spontaneous, musical, using the language of everyday life. He was a ceaseless campaigner for women's rights, and his verses praise the beauty of the female body, and of love. He was an Arab nationalist, yet he criticized Arab dictators and the lack of freedom in the Arab world. Frangieh and Brown's elegant translations are accompanied by the striking Arabic texts of the poems, penned by Kabbani especially for this collection.
PrefaceIntroduction1Oh green bird19My lover asks me20When I fell in love21You still ask me about the day of my birth22Oh, my love23All words24I hadn't told them about you25I hate to love like other people26Your love27From the moment you loved me28When I am in love (no. 1)29When I am in love (no. 2)30I love you when you cry31I don't know my birthday32Your eyes are like a rainy night33I wrote the name of the one I loved34Oh traveler35Our love36Don't worry37When I travel into your eyes38Like a fish39I am the prophet of love40Undress yourself41I have changed so much42Because my love for you431I want to write different words for you472That March morning when you came walking toward me533When I told you594When God bestowed women on men655I was never a king716Why do you erase history737I taught the children of the world758Pure like a necklace of jasmine779I love you7910Your love took me8111I wear you8312My kingdom of little things (excerpt)8713Out of my desire8914The two years9517When I am with you9718I'm not a teacher9925My letters to you10128In the summer10233Every time I kiss you10335My love runs to you10437Every man10538Stay out of my sight10639When rain fell on both of us10740I curl up10841I hope one day10943When you visit me11047Every time you traveled11148Did you ever think11349The day I met you11450Close all my books11551Yesterday I thought11652Please11755Why do you ask me to write you11957Pull out the dagger buried in my side12159From the airplane (excerpt)12360Before I entered the cities of your mouth (excerpt)12561It is all over (excerpt)12764What would your femininity say about me (excerpt)12965When you accompany me13169When you danced with me that night13371When you find a man13578I knew13780Your departure is not a tragedy13881While Rome burned, you burned13983Do you have a solution14186Drink your coffee14587I am accused of being like Shahrayar14988Why do you telephone, my lady15791You wear hippie clothes16399Be assured, my lady167100This is my last letter171About Sea Love179I Learn by Reading Your Body181To My Love on New Year's Eve191Will You Allow Me to Take a Holiday?193Time Travels with You When You Leave195Love During House Arrest199Women, The Knowledge of God209I Will Tell You: I Love You215The Talk of Her Hands218I Am Afraid219Who Is the Prettiest?221I Conquer the Universe with Words223About the Book225
