(1923 - 1998 / Damascus / Syria)

Poems of Nizar Qabbani

1. A Brief Love Letter 3/22/2010
2. A Damascene Moon 3/22/2010
3. A Lesson In Drawing 3/22/2010
4. A Letter From A Stupid Woman 3/22/2010
5. Barada 3/22/2010
6. Bread, Hashish And Moon 3/22/2010
7. Clarification To My Poetry-Readers 3/22/2010
8. Damascus, What Are You Doing to Me? 3/22/2010
9. Dialogue 3/22/2010
10. Every Time I Kiss You 1/13/2003
11. Five Letters To My Mother 3/22/2010
12. I Conquer The World With Words 3/22/2010
13. I Have No Power 3/22/2010
14. In The Summer 1/13/2003
15. Jerusalem 3/22/2010
16. Language 1/1/2004
17. Letter From Under The Sea 3/22/2010
18. Light Is More Important Than The Lantern 1/13/2003
19. Love Compared 3/22/2010
20. Maritime Poem 3/22/2010

My Lover Asks Me

My lover asks me:
"What is the difference between me and the sky?"
The difference, my love,
Is that when you laugh,
I forget about the sky.


Translated by B. Frangieh And C. Brown


Submitted by Noele Aabye

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