Poems Expressing Love Emotions
- As the poet Mahmoud Darwish writes in his poem “The First Rain”:
In the gentle mist of rain
Her lips were
A flower blooming on my skin
And her eyes were
An horizon stretching from my past
To my future…
She was sweetness for me
She was the sweetness compensating for the grave
That embraced her
And I came to her
From the flash of the sickle
And the songs that rise from my father’s flesh
Into flames… Oh!
In the first rain, I had
O dark-eyed one,
A garden and a home
I had a woolen coat
And seeds
In your lost doorway
Was both night and day…
You asked me about the dates we wrote
On a clay notebook
About the climate of the remote land
And the bridge for the displaced
And about the land you carry
In a fig seed
You asked me about the mirrors that shattered
Two years ago…
When I bid her farewell
At the harbor entrance
Her lips were
A kiss
Etching a jasmine cross on my skin…
- Farouk Goweda also expresses love in his poem “In the Embrace of Love”:
I have made you a sacred site among the earth,
To which people come from every corner.
I wove your love into the world’s anthem,
Like a dream that dances like rays of light.
How many times have my eyes held you in longing,
And how many times have I cradled you in yearning arms?
Countless shadows of my heart have wandered over you,
And in your eyes, how often did my sails dive.
I returned to your sanctuary, only to find a grave,
And flowers around it, while snakes frolicked.
I worshipped you in love for a long time,
And now I find myself running from my own loss.
Beautiful Poems of Grievance
- The poet Al-Muthqib Al-Abdi expresses:
For death is better for a youth than his life,
If he can only act under a leader.
Tackle the weighty matters and don’t be
Someone whose heart is lost in pillows.
When the wind comes with black clouds
It immobilizes at night, just like the prey.
If adversity turns into unrest,
May your nights lay waste the dear ones.
In dealing with what is sought, you will indeed
See results unraveling
That are truly rich.
- Poet Abdul Majid Al-Azdi states:
My heart knows no gentleness in its hardness,
Until your eyes, so harsh, confronted it,
With the charm of your gaze, I couldn’t bear it,
Now here I stand, overwhelmed by my lack of resilience.
Leave the unjust attachments; I am deeply infatuated,
A prisoner to passion, to longing, and to whispers.
O my hope, grant me a touch of affection from you,
Ignore the price if your soul’s bells toll.
My yearnings have engulfed me and ignited,
The flames of my heart stoke the heat of my breath.
Were it not for you, I never would have known love,
Your love is firmly implanted in my heart.
These are the beginnings of my verses informing
In the name of what gives my soul life and solace.
Beautiful Verses on Longing
- The poet Al-Farazdaq writes:
Old longing ignited by your memory,
Between the encampments of Al-Muntadha and Munim;
The prison has kept me from seeing them,
And made me forget all the dear ones.
Every night, I recall your memory,
Like one who suffers from sickness.
If I say it has faded from his life,
His hopes are warning signs.
When the winds come from her land,
Tell of a far-off family that is ailing.
If you deny what you’ve already known,
Then never mind the world’s condition troubling us.
The day of misfortune cannot fail quietly,
And the day he encounters his happiness comes.
It is known that the steeds have complained
About the obstacles, weight of bare places.
They defend her from birds by their forms,
With their sharp beaks, not sleazy cruelty.
Distanced by all plots, yet scrupulous
In duty of their own lonesomeness.
Each time they rest in every place they roam,
The land sees all, yielding hopes anew.
Tell that Al-Zahra is overtaken by desires,
If her spirit shines in the heart’s rays.
Should one of them meet with understanding,
Who knows what [space] will emerge again?
Why did they not congregate for him,
While securing themselves as the day draws in?
Why do the people follow [his lead,
As if struck by wandering shadows?
Fair is her decision, but virtue, fate,
If no vanity befalls the road.
Some of the Most Emotive Sad Verses
- The poet Nizar Qabbani laments in “Get Angry”:
Get angry as you wish…
And hurt my feelings at your leisure.
Smash the flower pots and mirrors,
Threaten to fall for another woman…
Yet all that you do is indifferent…
All that you say is irrelevant…
For you’re like children, my beloved,
We love them no matter how they hurt us…
Get angry!
For you are truly magnificent when you rage.
Get angry!
Without tempest, the seas wouldn’t exist…
Be tempestuous… Be like rain…
For my heart is forever forgiving.
Anger, unleash!
For I will not counter-attack;
You’re just a playful child,
Filled with vanity…
And how can fledglings… seek retribution?
Go…
If one day you tire of me…
Blame fate and accuse me…
As for me… I will be left
With my tears and my sorrow…
For silence is pride,
And sorrow is pride.
Leave…
When being present tires you…
This earth has its fragrance, and women…
And green and black eyes…
And when you wish to see me,
When you seek, like a child, for my warmth…
Return to my heart whenever you wish…
For you are to me, air…
And to me, you are both earth and sky…
Get angry however you wish,
And leave however you wish…
And leave… whenever you wish…
But you must return one day,
For you shall learn what loyalty is…