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Salaam herc
Great poetry.. 
I have a hobby for reading poetry.. my favourite obviously is the Syrian Poet Nizar Qabani.. I love his poems so much.. So I will post this one cuz it is translated to English about Jerusalem..
Anyone out there can help me find more poems for him then please share..!!
I like to discuss poetry.. I used to write poetry my self.. now I don’t much and decided to just write in my blog about my thoughts and dreams and the way I feel sometimes..
Jerusalem
I wept until my tears were dry
I prayed until the candles flickered
I knelt until the floor creaked
I asked about Mohammed and Christ
Jerusalem, luminous city of prophets,
Shortest path between heaven and earth !
Jerusalem, you of the myriad minarets,
become a beautiful little girl with burned fingers.
City of the virgin, your eyes are sad.
Shady oasis where the Prophet passed,
the stones of your streets grow sad,
the towers of mosques downcast.
City swathed in black, who’ll ring the bells
at the Holy Sepulcher on Sunday mornings?
Who will carry toys to children
on Christmas Eve?
City of sorrows, a huge tear
trembling on your eyelid,
Who’ll save the Bible?
Who’ll save the Qur’an?
Who will save Christ, who will save man?
Jerusalem, beloved city of mine,
tomorrow your lemon trees will bloom,
your green stalks and branches rise up joyful,
and your eyes will laugh. Migrant pigeons
will return to your holy roofs
and children will go back to playing.
Parents and children will meet
on your shining streets,
my city, city of olives and peace.
Nizar Qabbani
and i post to Fangfang anther poetry to Nizar Qabbani , enjoy with all |
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| Mon Jul 03, 2006 22:52 pm Do you like Poetries? |
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Hi Herc, Hi Mba
Thanks for the poems.
Herc, you're right. Your poem is very sentimental and lovely.
Mba, your poem really has some very nice imagery.
Do you two also write your own poetry? Maybe we'll see some of that in the forum, too. 
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| Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:41 am Do you like Poetries? |
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Hi Herc and Mba!
These poems are excellent and made a deep impression on me! |
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| Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:26 am Do you like Poetries? |
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Hi Dark magician, Hi Herc!
Great poems, thank you!
I like reading poetry and really wonder how close and how sharable feelings of people from different cultures and even ages could be when they have been expressed by poetry and/or musics.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:48 am Do you like Poetries? |
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hello poets,
your poems are just great! So sentimental Herc !
Would you know, I copied your poems and have it printed for my own reading pleasure. I use to dabble into writing some poetry of my own before. . but not anymore  But I do love poems. . Please keep them coming.
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| Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:35 am Do you like Poetries? |
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Hi sheri..
you are my new friend 
anyway .. Have you ever heard any things about Nizar Qabani .. ...
and which kind of poetry do you like ?..
National poetries , sentimental poetries ..etc
by the way ..could you tell us some of your poems .. please
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| Fri Jul 07, 2006 6:46 am Poems |
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Hi sheri,
You wrote:
| Quote: | | My poems are just simple expressions of a growing young woman's confusion about the world. . It's really nothing to be proud of. . |
Don't be so modest about your poems... They might well be real masterpieces. I'd personally find poems written by a young woman about her confusion about the world very interesting. The best thing about poetry is that there are no bad poems. We all have different tastes, and I think that next to all poems will appeal to people. |
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| Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:13 am Do you like Poetries? |
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hello Englishuser,
Many thanks for the vote of confidence. You're right. there is no such thing as a bad poem. Basically because poems are expressions of what the writer feels about the things around him . .or maybe with the simple purpose of letting go of his emotions. Are you into poetry yourself? Would you share some of your personal favorites - your own or by others?
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| Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:28 am Poems |
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Hi Sheridan,
You wrote:
| Quote: | | Are you into poetry yourself? Would you share some of your personal favorites - your own or by others? |
Yes, you could say that I'm into poetry in the sense that I like reading poems. What is more, I like discussing and analysing poems. I regret to say that I'm not really a poet myself - at least not at the moment. Therefore I think I had better submit some of my favourite poems written by others instead. If you like, we could then discuss poems here in the forum, or even write short poem reviews. I think that analysing poems would be a great way of improving not only one's English but also in developing analytical skills that are greately appreciated. |
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| Mon Jul 10, 2006 1:16 am Poems |
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Hi Englishuser,
You wrote:
If you like, we could then discuss poems here in the forum, or even write short poem reviews. I think that analysing poems would be a great way of improving not only one's English but also in developing analytical skills that are greately appreciated
I would love that. Poems fascinate the analytic in me. .It isn't easy analyzing poems. And not everybody could analyze a poem. Tell me. .Is there a right or wrong interpretation or analysis?
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| Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:11 am Do you like Poetries? |
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Hi Poets !
You are right Sheri !!!!
and maybe one word or one sentence at any poem has one superficial meaning but in the same time it's a lot of deep meaning ..!!
I remember one poem for Mr.Qabani which named " My love and the Rain " ..
Simply,If you read it ,you will amaze about it ..and maybe you will cry !! It has a lot of mixed feelings ..
it's one of wonders !!!!
at first , you'll think that It's a sentimental poem or a strong love poem, and Nizar sank in his loving or flirted his love ...but the analyzers said that :
Nizar cried and his heart was burnt after his mother death !!!! he was very distressed and very romantic in the same time !!
so he wrote that poem ..
by the way, The Caesar of Arabic Song " Kadem AL-Saher sang it , and I think you can download it .. 
Best wishes
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