1.
The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.'
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The female does not seek wealth, looks, or even lyrical mastery; she desires a person who comprehends her sorrow and provides her with a sense of security by gesturing to his heart and proclaiming: 'This is where you belong.'
2.
Don't love deeply, till you make sure that the other part loves you with the same depth, because the depth of your love today, is the depth of your wound tomorrow.
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'Do not invest too much emotion until you are certain that the other individual returns your feelings in kind, as the intensity of your affection now will equate to the severity of your hurt later.'
3.
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
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If you wish to ensnare someone, captivate their heart, Then depart gradually and leave them in a state of limbo.
4.
A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.
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A sorrowful lamentation, when a seasoned intellect and a passionate soul are in the same body.
5.
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
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My beloved inquires: “What sets me apart from the heavens?” The variance, my darling, Is that when you chuckle, I no longer remember the sky.
6.
There is who loves you quietly, and respects you quietly, and wishes you privately, and walks away when he sees you busy with someone other than him, and his ego restrains him from getting near you, and contents himself with the love for the sake of love
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7.
The most dangerous heart disease:
strong memory
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Enduring recollection
8.
And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.
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'The words remain devoted: to you, through you, concerning you, thanks to you and in your favor.'
9.
Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality.
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Time will elapse, and you'll relinquish habits you were enamored with, and part ways with someone, and relinquish a desire, and eventually, concede to the truth.
10.
Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.
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My love for you is indescribable, so I said nothing.
11.
Before you came
the world was prose.
Now poetry is born.
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'Your entrance sparked the creation of an artistic masterpiece; a metrical composition was born.'
12.
There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.
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'Certain individuals remain in our memories, but the thought of them no longer brings joy.'
13.
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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I dread that I am supplanted by someone else, exceptionally fortunate and not reluctant, who entices with your eyes while I'm the one who's besotted with them.
14.
Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.
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'Some are like a distant star, attractive when viewed from afar.'
15.
In the summer I stretch out on the shore And think of you. Had I told the sea What I felt for you, It would have left its shores, Its shells, Its fish, And followed me.
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In the summer I recline upon the beach and ponder you. Had I divulged my affections to the ocean, It would have forsaken its coast, Its mollusks, Its aquatic life, And trailed me.
16.
Arab children, Corn ears of the future, You will break our chains, Kill the opium in our heads, Kill the illusions. Arab children, Don't read about our suffocated generation, We are a hopeless case. We are as worthless as a water-melon rind. Dont read about us, Dont ape us, Dont accept us, Dont accept our ideas, We are a nation of crooks and jugglers. Arab children, Spring rain, Corn ears of the future, You are the generation That will overcome defeat.
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17.
Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently.
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Existence continues despite bereavement, but it advances in an altered fashion.
18.
Our enemies did not cross our borders They crept through our weaknesses like ants.
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'Our adversaries did not breach our boundaries; They infiltrated our frailties like insects.'
19.
Don’t lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you.
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Do not let go of someone who has witnessed your imperfections yet still cares for you.
20.
Kill him, then hug him.
Men are more faithful when dead.
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Execute him, then embrace him. Men are more trustworthy when deceased.
21.
Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. I want to free the Arab soul, sense and body with my poetry. The relationships between men and women in our society are not healthy.
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22.
We need an angry generation, A generation to plow the horizons
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23.
When a man is in love how can he use old words? Should a woman desiring her lover lie down with grammarians and linguists? I said nothing to the woman I loved but gathered love's adjectives into a suitcase and fled from all languages.
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24.
We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say we are the best people that ever came to mankind?
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25.
And all the countries seemed the same,
That I don't see myself there, And I don't see myself here.
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26.
Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy. In short We wear the cape of civilisation But our souls live in the stone age
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27.
Dive into the sea, or stay away
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28.
My Master... Say all you wish of me. It does not matter to me:Shallow.. Stupid.. Crazy.. Simple minded. It does not concern me anymore. For whoever writes about her concerns. in the logic of Men is called a stupid woman. and didn't I tell you in the beginning that I am a stupid woman?
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29.
We killed you and it was not new for us, we killed the companions of the Prophet and the friends of God. O how many Messengers did we slay? O how many imams? We killed you and you prayed the night prayer, as all of our days are struggle - and all of our days are Karbala.
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30.
We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.
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31.
Your love taught me to grieve and I have been needing, for centuries a woman to make me grieve for a woman, to cry upon her arms like a sparrow for a woman to gather my pieces like shards of broken crystal
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32.
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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33.
never believe a man can change a woman those men are pretenders who think that they created women from one of their ribs
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34.
What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.
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35.
It's painful to listen to the barking of dogs.
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36.
O Sultan, my master, if my clothes are ripped and torn it is because your dogs with claws are allowed to tear me.
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37.
Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook
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