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A Brief Love Letter

My darling,

I have much to

Where o precious one shall I begin ?

All that is in you is princelyO you who makes of my words through their

Cocoons of

These are my songs and this is

This short book contains

Tomorrow when I return its pagesA lamp will lamentA bed will

Its letters from longing will turn

Its commas be on the verge of

Do not say: why did this

Speak of me to the winding road and the

The almond tree and the

So that the world escorts me wherever I go ?

Why did he sing these songs ?

Now there is no

That is not perfumed with my

Tomorrow people will see me in his verseA mouth the taste of wine, close-cropped

Ignore what people

You will be great only through my great

What would the world have been if we had not

If your eyes had not been, what would the world have been?

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Nizar Qabbani

Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani (21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998) was a Syrian diplomat, poet, writer and publisher. His poetic style combines simplicity and…

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