When I love
I feel that I am the king of time
I possess the earth and everything on it
and ride into the sun upon my horse.
When I love
I become liquid light
invisible to the eye
and the poems in my notebooks
become fields of mimosa and poppy.
When I love
the water gushes from my fingers
grass grows on my tongue
when I love
I become time outside all time.
When I love a woman
all the trees
run barefoot toward me…
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the old truth
From guest Mansoor Alam (contact)
qabbani's when i love is a frank admission of the fact that human beings need not pretend, that they don't love a woman,rather one should accept it as a truth that can not be dampened by our outward attitudes. qabbani is speaking in this poem for the whole humanity.his voice is the representative clarion of the thing called [informed instinct ]. -
plz i need somenones help
From guest sweet raya (contact)
i have a presentation this week n i'll be talking about modern pottery.i've selected when i love poem by Nizar Qabbani as my topic,but the thing is,i couldn't find the theme of the poem or the explanation.I really need help. thanks alot -
From guest Katya Chelu (contact)
On my way to work today,I was listening to his lyrics sung by Kadim Al-Sahir and got the whole range of experience of versatility in his poems. Nizar Qabbani is the absolute genius of love, a most sacred gift from Aphrodite! -
Not his best
From guest baltiti (contact)
Nizar Qabbani is one of the great poets and writers of the Arab world. I admire him and he is worth being studied and read by more peoplein the West. -
nzar`s poems love
From guest abdallah (contact)
when i read that poems i feel that iam the king of love and the prince of passion -
Love It
Warm cozy feeling. Read words of a man who bows bown to his feelings. Touches my heart. Such expression of love. Pure lovely poem -
Awsome
I can see trying to discribe "When I love " The emotion, the rush, the feeling. Awsome -
This is awesome, really sweet and yet it's kind of simple at the same time...like not bad simple but jsut...I don't know. Anyway, I know this was definitely an awesome poem!
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B'duh?
From guest Shane (contact)
Great poem... however, how in God's name did he write it in 2004 if he died in 1998? Really good poem, though. The imagery is absolutely gorgeous. -
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lovely
Just an amazing and perfect poem for love
I'm loving it ^^ -
holy crap
I actually hated this...I don't know why...but it seems so simple and cliche to me. I did not feel any effort or depth at all. It seems as though there was no thought process and I didn't really know where the author was going with it. -
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Before judging too harshly, you should bear in mind that this piece was likely translated from Arabic - a language with totally different sounds, sentence structure and idiom from English.
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i think this is a very good poetry!!!i like i like it alot!!!
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When I love more strange things happen to me which are hard to state and explain but some people have a very beautiful command over their thoughts and pen to compose all such feelings as this great poet Qabbani...A very beautiful poem
"When I love
I become liquid light
invisible to the eye
and the poems in my notebooks
become fields of mimosa and poppy."
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yes i need to know when did he write this poem
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