Proverbs and Sayings about the Sea
- Life is a stream of memories that flows into the sea of forgetfulness, whereas death stands as an unyielding truth.
- Each person is a captain on the still sea.
- A drop added to a drop makes a sea, just as wisdom built upon wisdom forms knowledge.
- A straw in the sea is moved by the current, a branch on a tree is swayed by the wind, while only a human is driven by willpower.
- Even the largest whales in the ocean hold no power in the desert.
- Every rock is a letter, every lake is a sentence, and every city is a pause, for within each line and page, there is always something of the shadows of clouds or the foam of the sea.
- The man represents the sea, and the woman symbolizes the lake; the sea is adorned with pearls, while the lake is beautified by its picturesque scenery.
- All streams lead to the sea.
- Grant me luck and cast me into the sea.
- Just as the river returns to the sea, so too does human generosity come back to its source.
- If nature paid heed to our lessons in contentment, no river would flow to the sea, nor would winter transform into spring.
- Do a good deed and cast it into the sea; if the fish disregard it, God will safeguard it.
- The sea is owned by the hands, while the land is claimed by the lips.
Beautiful Words about Love
- Love is like the sea; when you are on its shore, it embraces you with its waves magnificently and lures you with its color, clarity, and splendor. Yet, when you plunge into its depths searching for treasures, it can betray you, dragging you into its abyss, rendering you senseless.
- Love is an opportunity for individuals to become better, more beautiful, and refined.
- Love is not merely an emotion but rather a source of energy and creativity.
- Love serves as the greatest school where every lover learns a language unlike any other.
- Love is a profound existential experience that liberates a person from the harsh coldness of solitude, offering the warmth of shared life.
- Love is the virtue of virtues; through it, we elevate ourselves above triviality, frivolity, and emotional trivialization, protecting our minds from confusion and fragmentation.
- Love is a complex human experience and the most significant event in a person’s life as it touches the core of their identity, essence, and existence, making them feel as if they have been reborn.
- Love transports individuals to lost oases, those of purity, freshness, poetry, and music.
Beautiful Expressions about the Sea
- Passionate love is akin to sinking in the sea, while deep love is the act of swimming within it.
- The most beautiful seas are those we have yet to visit, and the most beautiful children are those who have yet to grow up; the most beautiful days are those waiting for us.
- Three things cannot be controlled once they are unleashed: the tumultuous wave of the sea, the tear of a sorrowful heart, and the will of a beautiful beloved.
- This year’s weather suggests a long winter ahead, that the sorrows of frost chase the beautiful times, and that the waves of the sea have grown weary of roaming and drifting.
- Our determination to meet is as significant as that of the sun and the moon or the sea and the land. We are both, dear friend, the sun and the moon, the sea and land; our fate is not to become one entity but to recognize each other as we are, to appreciate and respect what lies in front of us, and to find completion in one another.
- One who rides the sea fears no drowning.
- I am puzzled and restless, like a shadow between the shores of the sea. The tide brings me close to my ghost, yet the receding tide pulls me away.
- Death by thirst in the sea is a dreadful fate.
- If you seek pearls, you must dive into the depths of the ocean; all that lies on the shore is just foam.
- The noble souls of a beautiful era were lost to war, and the sea expelled what it customarily cast ashore when conflicts cease.
- You can only cross the sea by standing still and gazing at the water.
- I am the sea, hiding pearls in my depths; have they ever inquired of the diver about my shells?
- Does the sea weep because a fish rebelled against it? How could a fish escape when there is no life outside the sea?
- To flee from your past is akin to trying to drain the sea of its water. You may forget, but you cannot erase the memories of others.
Poetry about the Sea and Love
- The poet Abu Firas Al-Hamdani says:
From the ocean of your poetry, I draw, and by the grace of your knowledge, I concede,
You have sung to me; it is as though you have revealed a jewel from a shell.
- Antara bin Shaddad reflects:
You fear for me as I face the spear’s thrust or the sword’s strike;
Such words are not accepted by the noble nor regarded by anyone but the lowly.
While the elder treads in the sea of demise, he returns unscathed, even while the sea swells.
- Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab elaborates:
Open your azure window… the sky is hungry,
I see it through tears,
It seems I tremble like a boat;
When your dark face unfolds, just as the Phoenician goddess of the shell is revealed.
From the bustle, a green sprouts on both shores,
In the closed harbor, the seas pray.
It feels as though I am a strange sea bird,
Veiled by the ocean at dusk.
Circumnavigating your azure window,
Seeking refuge, as the night envelops both sides of me.
If only you would open up… even if it were just an ordinary door,
I would throw myself at your feet and gaze into your eyes.
- The poet Muslim bin Walid Al-Ansari conveys:
I have floated on the sea of passion, calling you like a drowning man with no respite!
To rescue me or show mercy, yet you neither answered nor showed sympathy!
With the name of God, I braved the sea of your love; O Lord, grant peace; You are indeed the one who grants peace.
I became infatuated before I understood love; do not kill me, for I am learning.
I journeyed with lovers in the pilgrimage of passion, and indeed, I am clothed in the garb of your love.
- Nizar Qabbani magnificently remarks:
I stand before you like the sea…
And my memory is watery like his…
Neither of us knows the names of the ports…
Nor do I remember the names of my visitors.
Every fish that enters my territorial waters melts away…
Every woman who bathes in my blood dissolves…
Every breast, falling like a golden lira,
On the sands of my body… melts away…
Let wisdom belong to the Phoenician ships,
And let the realism of ports not marry anyone…
Whenever the sea smells the scent of your milky body,
It neighs like a blue horse,
And I shared its neighing…
This is how God created me…
A man in the image of the sea,
A sea in the image of a man…
So do not argue with me in the logic of grape and wheat growers…
And psychologists…
Argue with me in the language of the sea,
Where blue cancels blue,
Sails erase horizons…
A kiss erases lips,
A poem cancels the page of writing…
My feelings for you are contradictory, like the sea’s…
By day, I drown you in my tender waters
And cover you with white clouds and dove wings;
At night… I invade you like a tribe of barbarians…
I cannot, O woman, remain a neutral sea…
And you cannot be a paper boat…
You are neither Indira Gandhi,
Nor am I convinced of the merits of positive neutrality;
In love… there are no definitive reconciliations…
Between the flood and the open cities…
Between thunderbolts and treetops…
Between the stab and the wound…
Between my fingers and your hair…
Between love poems and the swords of Quraysh…
Between your liberal curves…
And the alliance of right-wing parties!