Nizar Qabbani

Books by Nizar Qabbani

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And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts with your eyes while I'm the one who's crazy about them.
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Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook
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And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts with your eyes while I'm the one who's crazy about them.
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Light is more important than the lantern,The poem more important than the notebook
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What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.
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Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants.
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We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons
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It's painful to listen to the barking of dogs.
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Our shouting is louder than our actions Our swords are taller than us. That is our tragedy.
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We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.
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The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches.
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