Proverbs and Sayings About the Moon
- Reach for the moon; even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
- Those who seek the moon do not shy away from the night; those who desire roses are not afraid of thorns, and those yearning for love do not flee from themselves.
- Do not throw a stone into the river; it will scatter the reflection of the moon.
- O land adorned with the moon, desire, and trees, isn’t it time for you to arrive?
- The moon has no justification for sorrow.
- Like everyone else, I possess a dark side like the moon, perhaps unseen by many on Earth.
- Everyone longs for happiness, but it is like the moon hidden behind winter clouds.
- Three things cannot be hidden for long: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- I love to see the moon in its crescent phase because I love everything that has a future.
- From its clay, we decorate our cheeks to blush and boast to the moon.
- Follow the moonlight that emanates from within you, and do not hide your madness.
- What did you gain from traveling? Every land is similar in oppression and deprivation; all eyes are alike in deception, sorrow, and in stoning the moon.
- Aim for the moon; even if you miss, you will still hit the stars.
- Perhaps the moon is only beautiful because it is distant.
- Yes, I am a dreamer; only the dreamer can find his path by moonlight, and his penalty is to witness dawn before the rest of the world.
- No one watches the moon at noon; this is the time when the moon feels the need for someone to notice it.
- O illuminating moon: you light up the earth and its ravines and plains, its hills and valleys, its populated and deserted areas; will you not shine in my soul to illuminate its darkness and disperse the clouds of worries and sorrow?
Beautiful Words About the Moon and Love
- The moon and love: when they do not grow, they fade away.
- I love her as I love the sunset or moonlight, yearning for moments to last, but without expecting them to mean more than the feeling of possessing the moment.
- Even if our bodies are distant, there will always be a window in my heart through which I can shower you with silent messages, just as the moon does.
- If you gaze at the moon and sigh, you are a lover; if you look at it and contemplate, you are a philosopher.
- Do not exhaust yourself with questions; be destined. Do not chase a fleeing star for the sky is not devoid of stars. Who knows, perhaps in the love to come, your fortune lies with the moon.
- He once asked her: Shall we hold our gathering tonight on the moon? She replied: Oh, how you love to bring together the incompatible.
- One of the stars in the sky asked the moon: Why is this person still awake? The moon answered briefly: That is love for human beings.
Reflections on the Night and the Moon
- When night draws its velvet black curtains and the moon arrives adorned in its silver robe, birds return to their nests, tenderly cradling their young. Silence creeps confidently, and calm envelops the Earth; human eyes sleep peacefully, while mine resist slumber.
- To love you means to reconcile with the moon, the night, the trees, joy, birds, and holidays in my homeland. To love you means I have declared a truce with sorrow and reinstated my diplomatic relations with the dance of the night flowing in my veins.
- When the moon rises, staying up late becomes enjoyable.
- Glory be to my Lord who fills hearts with kindness as He fills the earth with creatures, the day with the sun, and the night with the moon and stars.
- I will leave my window ajar tonight; perhaps the moon will sneak in and sleep beside me.
- I have the lamp, fire, stars, moon, and sun, but until I gaze into her eyes, I see only the darkness of night.
- Time stretched out, and from longing, the strings wept. Take me with your eyes and set, O moon; nothing remains in the night except a trembling sound… except doves, except the lost flower.
If you are absent from my sight, you dwell in the corners of my thoughts. I see you whenever I spot two birds in the tree, whenever the sun appears, and the moon shines, whenever I visit the gardens and stand in the shade, whenever the singer serenades and the strings move, whenever a breeze of magic stirs behind the night.
Poetry About the Moon
- Poem welcoming the moon by Ibrahim Naji:
O Moon of wishes,
I am burdened with troubles.
Pour your eternity into youth,
And grant my heart clarity.
Take me to you and rescue me
From what I endure in the dust.
No matter how high your position,
And how exalted your place in existence,
For I am your shadow, following you,
Thirsty, I sip what you generously offer.
O Moon of wishes,
I am burdened with troubles.
You are the hidden remedy;
Pour your light into my veins.
Pour your eternity into youth,
And grant my heart clarity.
Alas for a life like soap bubbles,
And the cup overflowing with sorrow.
Take me to you and rescue me
From what I endure in the dust.
My cup trembles; pour into me,
That which is pure light.
- Poem “Afraid of the Moon” by Mahmoud Darwish:
Hide me! The moon has come.
I wish our mirror were stone.
A thousand secrets of mine,
And your chest is bare.
Eyes upon the trees,
Don’t cover the stars,
Let the salt and numbness flow.
Hide me… from the moon.
My evening’s face is a traveler,
And our hands are on a journey.
My home was a trench,
There are no swings for the moon.
Hide me… in my solitude,
Take glory… and sleeplessness,
And leave me my pillow.
You are to me
The mother of the moon.
- Words by Nizar Qabbani:
Remove your travel coat, my love,
And stay with me until life’s end.
I am not mad enough to halt fate,
Nor am I insane enough to extinguish the moon.
What am I if you do not love me?
What is night what is day what are the stars what is wakefulness?
Days will lose their flavor,
Fields will lack their color,
Shapes shall lose their forms,
Spring will become impossible, and life will become impossible…
- Poem “Blessed be the Creator of the Moon” by Kashajem:
Blessed be the Creator of the Moon’s power,
He fashioned you in the mold of the luminous moon.
You have gifted us tenderness beyond measure,
And surpassed Sirius, the celestial gem.
You have revealed the white flower until
It seemed like part of the residents of the ether.
And our small world has greater glory,
Yet we see you as one of the small.
Who hates you or wishes you harm?
The dark-natured despises you while you are my light.
And a certain one called out: Be my peer,
But you were indeed a more exalted peer.
Perfection you achieved, and brilliance you gathered,
And knowledge of the secrets of existence.
- Words by Nizar Qabbani:
Love, my darling, is a beautiful poem written on the moon…
Love is inscribed on all the leaves of the trees…
Love is etched on the feathers of birds and the drops of rain…
Yet any woman in my country who loves a man is stoned with fifty rocks.
- Words by Farouk Gowida:
A new time shall come to you,
And my face will become a passing shadow.
We will read beautiful poetry at night,
Melting with longing like the moon’s light.
In a moment, we shall reclaim time,
And remember a life that has passed and faded.