Le mie poesie più belle (Poiesis)
A source page for quotes linked to Nizar Qabbani.
“Io non posseggo nulla al mondo, tranne i tuoi occhi e la mia tristezza.”
“Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.”
“There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.”
“A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.”
“Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you.”
“Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook”
“Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.”
“Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently.”
“And all the countries seemed the same, That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.”
“And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.”
“What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.”
“Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants.”
“We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons”