These are my songs and this is meThis short book contains usTomorrow when I return its pagesA lamp will lamentA bed will sing
— Nizar Qabbani, “A Brief Love Letter”
My lover asks me:"What is the difference between me and the sky?"The difference, my love,Is that when you laugh,I forget about the sky.
— Nizar Qabbani, “My Lover Asks Me”