Muhammad Darwish’s Reflections on Love
- A poet bears no shame in weaving tales, but he tells no lies except in matters of love.
- The heart is small, yet my love is boundless, drifting on the wind, descending, overflowing like a ripe pomegranate, only to lose itself in the maze of almond-shaped eyes, ascending at dawn to dimples that forget the path back home and the name it once held.
- Some perceive love as life itself, while others deem it a mere illusion; both are truthful: the former has encountered his soul, while the latter has lost it.
- It resembled love; it was air fracturing between two unfamiliar faces and waves solidifying between two familiar chests. I hardly remember her, singing alone to another evening, and I call for her rose only for the earth to fade to nothing as she weeps in solitude.
- Is there still time left in life to yearn for some past or future? Can we still call our names to bring them back to us, and seek love as a refuge for a soul that peeks through our words?
- The first love never dies; it is authentic love that arrives to bury it alive.
- Hello to love, on the day it arrives, the day it passes, and the day it transforms its bearers.
- Love arrives without reason; it knows no boundaries. It is not summoned by wealth, nor attained through beauty, nor measured by age; it is destiny.
- According to the law of love, a morning without a “good morning” from the one you cherish remains night until further notice.
- Love is keeping you in the world, knowing I can leave you among the crowd, certain that your heart belongs to me.
- Love is the mutual reproach over minor mistakes; it is forgiving each other for the most significant transgressions.
Gassan Kanfani’s Thoughts on Love
When I write, there is no reader but you.
- How could I let you go? How could I abandon you? You are my air, my bread, and my cheerful day—do you simply drift away?
- It is a beautiful thing to be close to someone who holds you dear, smiles at no one else, and doesn’t share your place with anyone.
- Deep inside, I knew I didn’t deserve you; not because I couldn’t give you my every glance, but because I realized I could not keep you forever.
Nizar Qabbani’s Insights on Love
- Despite the wind, the rain, and the storm, love will always remain, my child, the sweetest fate.
- The most magnificent aspect of our love is its lack of logic; the best part is its ability to walk on water without sinking.
- The blue waves in your eyes call to me to dive deeper, although I have no experience in love and no boat to navigate.
- Perhaps a person does not wish for love as much as they desire to be understood by another.
- And when you search for excuses for those who have none, be assured that you are at the pinnacle of love.
- Love is loving you a thousand times, and with each instance, feeling as if I love you for the very first time.
- When love is profound, it will not transform into a mere bundle of straw consumed by flames.
- Love does not arrive merely upon our command; it comes like a wandering deer when it desires.
Ahlam Mosteghanemi’s Expressions of Love
- How beautiful it is to experience these genuine, sincere feelings and share them with those we love.
- Since words have the taste of magic and a powerful impact, the sweetest phrases are those whispered in the name of love.
- Love is two souls laughing at the same things, grieving in unison, igniting and extinguishing together with a single match—without any coordination or agreement.
- So there is a holiday for love, celebrated by lovers and couples who exchange cards and desires. But where, my lady, is the holiday of forgetting?
- They have prepared a calendar of yearly celebrations for us, in a land that honors a new saint daily. Is there not at least one among their three hundred sixty-five saints suitable for the act of forgetting?
- As separation is indeed the other side of love, and disappointment the other side of passion, why not create a holiday for forgetting when postal workers cease their duties, phone lines are halted, radio stations refrain from playing romantic songs, and we stop penning love poetry?
Khalil Gibran’s Views on Love
- Do not think you can steer love in its course; if love finds you worthy, it is love that directs your path.
- Love, like death, transforms everything.
- Indeed, love is like a star in the sky, its light fading at dawn.
- The love washed away by tears remains pure, beautiful, and eternal.
- Let one of you love the other, but do not bind love; instead, allow it to flow like a river between the shores of your souls.
- We love some because they are deserving of love; in their presence, we can do nothing but love, helping to mend many things, repainting life, seeking earnestly to bring them joy.
- The love found among people takes many forms, most of which resemble grass in a field—lacking both flowers and fruit.
- When love beckons, follow its call, even if the journey is fraught with difficulty and thorns.