The Most Beautiful Sayings on Love and Separation
Among the most beautiful expressions about love and separation are the following:
- Cruelty was your sin, and pride was mine; when these two sins collided, separation was their offspring.
- Separation is no longer terrifying since the meeting has become so painful.
- What if we regarded love as a natural disaster, equivalent to a hurricane, earthquake, or seasonal fires? What if we prepared for the destruction of separation by strengthening our hearts, often made fragile by the sentimental songs and classic films we grew up with?
- Separation is the other face of love, and disappointment is the other side of passion.
- Permanent separation is arduous; nevertheless, we must practice forgetting to be able to live.
- Had it not been for the joy of birth, there would be no tears at death; without trust in abundance, there would be no fear of poverty; and without the joy of reunion, there would be no sorrow in separation.
- Our hours in love are winged, yet they become claws in separation.
- Distance breeds indifference.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- The separation of loved ones is a burden on the heart.
- Sweet hopes turn separation into a celebration.
- Loss of a beloved strikes the newborn gray and melts steel.
- People have complained about the pain of separation before me; both the living and the dead are tormented by estrangement.
- Separation goes on without a meeting; however, there can be no meeting without separation.
- Farewell to loved ones seems trivial—especially to those departing if they are heading to a new land.
- Sometimes a distance that stems from the fear of separation is a separation driven by the fear of being apart.
- We should not weep for our friends; it is a mercy to lose them through death rather than while they are alive.
- We marry with ease but find it difficult to part.
- A meeting is merely the beginning of a separation.
- I have faced many incidents, yet my tears flow just as they did on the day of parting.
- Sleep itself is a form of separation.
- True love is when disagreements do not cause rifts.
- A reunion after a long separation is more precious than a wedding night.
- We argue hoping someone will intervene to stop us, and we wrestle with the hope that someone will come to separate us.
- In both war and love, to conclude matters, a direct encounter is necessary.
The Most Beautiful Sayings on Love and Separation in Poetry
Some of the most beautiful poetic expressions about love and separation include:
The Incident of Al-Asma’i
Al-Asma’i narrates: While I was walking in the desert, I came across a stone inscribed with the following verse:
O assembly of lovers, inform me
When love befalls a young man, what shall he do?
So I wrote beneath it the following line:
He conceals his passion while keeping it hidden
And endures in all matters, submitting.
The next day, I returned to find the following verse written beneath mine:
How can he conceal love, when love is killing him?
Each day his heart is breaking.
I wrote beneath that verse:
If he cannot endure the silence of his secrets
He has nothing left but death to benefit him.
Al-Asma’i adds: On the third day, I returned and found a young man lying under the stone, deceased, with the following couplets inscribed beneath him:
We heard, we obeyed; then we died, so relayed
My regards to the one who denied at being reunited.
Congratulations to the fortunate ones for their bliss
And for the poor lover, what he must bear.
The Poem of the Beloved’s Authority
Poet Mani Said Al-Ataiba writes:
The beloved imposes his allure yet resists
And refuses without our suffering to be satisfied.
What can I do when I’m shackled by love?
I called him, yet he insisted not to hear.
I marveled at a heart that softens for a tyrant
That is able to bend despite its defiance.
My heart replies, do not blame me for love
It is fate, and it cannot be alleviated.
In the beloved’s law, injustice is justice
No matter how distant, you remain the passionate admirer.
And I rejoiced at his voice and allure
While the glances filled my ribs with delight.
The moonlight from the beloved’s face shines bright
And the fragrance from the cheeks wafts gently.
The dawn emerges from the radiance of his forehead
While the sun melts in the eyes to shine.
O Lord of this universe, You created it
And adorned it with beauty, being the ultimate creator.
You made it a kingdom for my love, my leader
When he settled on the throne of beauty.
The ship of our love sailed in its sea
And the heart served as its sail, yearning.
The winds of love played with it, causing it to sway
While its desired port became elusive.
O my friend, take a message to the beloved
Perhaps he will see the tears between the lines.
Tell him that I am smitten with love
And my heart has cracked from the heat of separation.
There is no good in distance that allows us to part
In fact, all goodness resides in being together.
The Dramatic Poem
Nizar Qabbani observes:
I say publicly, you are not my beloved
Yet I know deeply how untrue I am.
I claim that nothing unites us
To distance myself from the troubles of you and me.
I assert that the rumors of love are sweet
While making my beautiful history a ruin.
I declare in a foolish manner my innocence
And slaughter my desires, becoming a monk.
I kill my fragrance deliberately
And escape from the paradises of your eyes.
I play a foolish role, my beloved
Only to return from this act, disappointed.
For neither night can hide its stars if it wished
Nor can the sea conceal its ships if it chose.
The Poem Where Shall I Go
Nizar Qabbani expresses:
I am no longer aware of where to go
Every day, I feel you coming closer.
Each day, your face becomes a part
Of my life, making my years more fruitful.
Shapes become ever more beautiful
And things sweeter and kinder.
You have seeped into the pores of my skin
Just as a drop of dew seeps.
Getting used to your absence is difficult
While adjusting to your presence is even harder.
How much I love you to the extent
That my own self is astonished by itself.
Poetry resides in the gardens of your eyes
Without your eyes, no verse can be penned.
Since I loved you, the suns revolved
And the skies became purer and wider.
Since I loved you, all seas
Drink from the waters of your eyes.
Your wild love is greater than I
So why am I striving to capture you?
My mistake was believing myself
To be a king, my friend, who cannot be defeated.
And I acted like a small child
Wishing to stretch toward the farthest star.
Forgive me if I indulged in dreams
And dressed you in luxurious silk.
I wish I were the pupil of your eye
Did I ask for what one cannot seek?
Tell me who you are, for my feelings
Resembles that of a hunter pursuing a hare.
You are the sweetest illusion in my life
And a seeker of illusions grows weary.