Nizar Qabbani Books
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by (shelved 8 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,163 ratings — published 1966

by (shelved 7 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,208 ratings — published 1992

by (shelved 7 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,511 ratings — published 1968

by (shelved 7 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.48 — 1,895 ratings — published 1944

by (shelved 6 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,995 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 6 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,615 ratings — published 1978

by (shelved 5 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.70 — 216 ratings — published 1981

by (shelved 5 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.26 — 724 ratings — published 1950

by (shelved 5 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,298 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 5 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,201 ratings — published 1978

by (shelved 5 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,143 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.71 — 379 ratings — published 1985

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.36 — 332 ratings — published

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.44 — 320 ratings — published 1997

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.66 — 580 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.96 — 290 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.91 — 243 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.69 — 331 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.92 — 845 ratings — published 1986

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.25 — 873 ratings — published 1981

by (shelved 4 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.38 — 1,622 ratings — published 1970

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.83 — 96 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.14 — 962 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 2.46 — 173 ratings — published 1949

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.30 — 516 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.85 — 167 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.16 — 332 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.69 — 183 ratings — published 1994

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.33 — 229 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.85 — 448 ratings — published 1975

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.62 — 571 ratings — published 1972

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,714 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 3 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,446 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.96 — 100 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.69 — 104 ratings — published 1967

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.77 — 110 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.24 — 435 ratings — published 1995

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.63 — 464 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 2 times as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 3.80 — 629 ratings — published 1988

by (shelved 1 time as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.30 — 557 ratings — published 2002

by (shelved 1 time as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.37 — 269 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,485 ratings — published 1975

by (shelved 1 time as nizar-qabbani)
avg rating 4.18 — 137 ratings — published 1972

“أنا شخصيًا
أريد أن أستريحْ..
على أيّ حَجَرٍ..
أريد أن أستريحْ.
على أيّ كَتِفٍ..
أريدُ أن أستريحْ.
فلقد تعبتُ من المراكب التي لا أشرعةَ لها.
ومن الأرصفة التي لا أرصفة لها.”
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أريد أن أستريحْ..
على أيّ حَجَرٍ..
أريد أن أستريحْ.
على أيّ كَتِفٍ..
أريدُ أن أستريحْ.
فلقد تعبتُ من المراكب التي لا أشرعةَ لها.
ومن الأرصفة التي لا أرصفة لها.”
―

“When a man is in love
how can he use old words?
Should a woman
desiring her lover
lie down with
grammarians and linguists?
I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages.”
―
how can he use old words?
Should a woman
desiring her lover
lie down with
grammarians and linguists?
I said nothing
to the woman I loved
but gathered
love's adjectives into a suitcase
and fled from all languages.”
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