Quotes from Nizar Qabbani

Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born.

Some are like the Moon, good looking, but only when they're away from you.

Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook

A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.

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

Life doesn't stop after losing someone, but it goes on without them differently.

There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.

We praise like frogs, Swear like frogs, Turn midgets into heroes, and heroes into scum: We never stop and think.

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.

Don't lose a woman that has seen your flaws and still love you.

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.'

Kill him, then hug him. Men are more faithful when dead.

never believe a man can change a woman those men are pretenders who think that they created women from one of their ribs

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

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.