Nizar Qabbani was born in the Syrian capital of Damascus to a middle class merchant family. DC : Three Continents Press , 1991 Qabbani , Nizar , Arabian Love Poems. It includes about 100 poems or extracts of poems mostly translated from Arabic. It gives glimpses of the alchemical power of poetry, capable of reviving the language, and of the almost mystical transparence of love as expressed in the Arabic voice. Arabian Love Poems succeeds in rendering into English the beautiful po etical verse of Qabbani, which freed the Arabic language from its bonds by put ting it back into the stream of everyday life.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in law in 1945. He later studied law at Damascus University, which was called Syrian University until 1958. The school was owned and run by his father's friend, Ahmad Munif al-Aidi. Qabbani was raised in Mi'thnah Al-Shahm, one of the neighborhoods of Old Damascus and studied at the National Scientific College School in Damascus between 19.

It was a collection of romantic verses that made several startling references to a woman's body, sending shock waves throughout the conservative society in Damascus. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world.While a student in college he wrote his first collection of poems entitled The Brunette Told Me, which he published in 1942. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism.

He wrote extensively during these years and his poems from China were some of his finest. In 1959, when the United Arab Republic was formed, Qabbani was appointed Vice-Secretary of the UAR for its embassies in China. Diplomatic career After graduating from law school, Qabbani worked for the Syrian Foreign Ministry, serving as Consul or cultural attachГ© in several capital cities, including Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul, Madrid, and London. Qabbani as a law student in Damascus, 1944. The occupying French Nizar Qabbani , Arabian Love Poems ( Three Continents Press ). Ajlani liked the poems and endorsed them by writing the preface for Nizar's first book.Salma Khadra Jayyusi ( ed ) , Modern Arabic Poetry , An Anthology.

I want to free the Arab soul, sense and body with my poetry. When asked whether he was a revolutionary, the poet answered: вЂњLove in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. During her funeral he decided to fight the social conditions he saw as causing her death. By that time, he had established a publishing house in Beirut, which carried his name.When Qabbani was 15, his sister, who was 25 at the time, committed suicide because she refused to marry a man she did not love.

For instance, his poem Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat, a stinging self-criticism of Arab inferiority, drew anger from both the right and left sides of the Arab political dialogue.Qabbani with his family, his parents and brothers. The defeat marked a qualitative shift in Qabbani's work вЂ“ from erotic love poems to poems with overt political themes of rejectionism and resistance. The 1967 Six-Day War also influenced his poetry and his lament for the Arab cause. The city of Damascus remained a powerful muse in his poetry, most notably in the Jasmine Scent of Damascus.

His first wife was his cousin Zahra Aqbiq together they had a daughter, Hadba, and a son, Tawfiq. Marriages Nizar Qabbani married twice in his life. Qabbani's grandfather, Abu Khalil Qabbani, was one of the leading innovators in Arab dramatic literature.The family name, Qabbani, is derived from Qabban ( Arabic: Щ‚ШЁШ§Щ†вЂЋ) which means Steelyard balance. His father had a chocolate factory he also helped support fighters resisting the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon and was imprisoned many times for his views, greatly affecting the upbringing of Nizar into a revolutionary in his own right. The latter, Sabah Qabbani, was the most famous after Nizar, becoming director of Syrian radio and TV in 1960 and Syria's ambassador to the United States in the 1980s.Nizar Qabbani's father, Tawfiq Qabbani, was Syrian while his mother was of Turkish descent.

After the death of Balqis, Qabbani did not marry again.After the death of Balqis, Qabbani left Beirut. Together they had a son, Omar, and a daughter, Zainab. Her death had a severe psychological effect on Qabbani he expressed his grief in his famous poem Balqis, blaming the entire Arab world for her death. His second marriage was to an Iraqi woman named Balqis al-Rawi, a schoolteacher he met at a poetry recital in Baghdad she was killed in the 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War on 15 December 1981. His daughter Hadba, born in 1947, was married twice, and lived in London until her death in April 2009. Qabbani eulogized his son in the famous poem To the Legendary Damascene, Prince Tawfiq Qabbani.

1992вЂ“1993 Al Owais Award for Cultural & Scientific Achievements. Qabbani was mourned by Arabs all over the world, with news broadcasts highlighting his illustrious literary career. In his will, which he wrote in his hospital bed in London, Nizar Qabbani wrote that he wished to be buried in Damascus, which he described in his will as 'the womb that taught me poetry, taught me creativity and granted me the alphabet of Jasmine.' Nizar Qabbani was buried in Damascus four days later in Bab al-Saghir. A few months later, at the age of 75, Nizar Qabbani died in London on 30 April 1998 of a heart attack. Notable controversial poems from this period in his life include When Will They Announce the Death of Arabs? and Runners.In 1997, Nizar Qabbani suffered from poor health and briefly recovered from his sickness in late 1997. Qabbani continued to write poems and raise controversies and arguments.

Diary of an Indifferent Woman (1968) ЩЉЩ€Щ…ЩЉШ§ШЄ Ш§Щ…Ш±ШЈШ© Щ„Ш§ Щ…ШЁШ§Щ„ЩЉШ© Drawing with Words (1966) Ш§Щ„Ш±ШіЩ… ШЁШ§Щ„ЩѓЩ„Щ…Ш§ШЄ Qabbani began writing poetry when he was 16 years old at his own expense, Qabbani published his first book of poems, entitled The Brunette Told Me (Щ‚Ш§Щ„ШЄ Щ„ЩЉ Ш§Щ„ШіЩ…Ш±Ш§ШЎ), while he was a law student at the University of Damascus in 1944.Over the course of a half-century, Qabbani wrote 34 other books of poetry, including:

Secret Papers of a Karmathian Lover (1988) Ш§Щ„ШЈЩ€Ш±Ш§Щ‚ Ш§Щ„ШіШ±ЩЉШ© Щ„Ш№Ш§ШґЩ‚ Щ‚Ш±Щ…Ш·ЩЉ The Trilogy of the Children of the Stones (1988) Ш«Щ„Ш§Ш«ЩЉШ© ШЈШ·ЩЃШ§Щ„ Ш§Щ„ШШ¬Ш§Ш±Ш© Love Shall Remain My Lord (1987) ШіЩЉШЁЩ‚Щ‰ Ш§Щ„ШШЁ ШіЩЉШЇЩЉ Poems Inciting Anger (1986) Щ‚ШµШ§Ш¦ШЇ Щ…ШєШ¶Щ€ШЁ Ш№Щ„ЩЉЩ‡Ш§ Love Does Not Stop at Red Lights (1985) Ш§Щ„ШШЁ Щ„Ш§ ЩЉЩ‚ЩЃ Ш№Щ„Щ‰ Ш§Щ„Ш¶Щ€ШЎ Ш§Щ„ШЈШЩ…Ш±

Marginal Notes on the Book of Defeat (1991) Щ‡Щ€Ш§Щ…Шґ Ш№Щ„Щ‰ ШЇЩЃШЄШ± Ш§Щ„Щ†ЩѓШіШ© Do You Hear the Cry of My Sadness? (1991) Щ‡Щ„ ШЄШіЩ…Ш№ЩЉЩ† ШµЩ‡ЩЉЩ„ ШЈШШІШ§Щ†ЩЉ Шџ No Victor Other Than Love (1989) Щ„Ш§ ШєШ§Щ„ШЁ ШҐЩ„Ш§ Ш§Щ„ШШЁ A Match in My Hand , And Your Petty Paper Nations (1989) Ш§Щ„ЩѓШЁШ±ЩЉШЄ ЩЃЩЉ ЩЉШЇЩЉ Щ€ШЇЩ€ЩЉЩ„Ш§ШЄЩѓЩ… Щ…Щ† Щ€Ш±Щ‚ I Married You, Liberty! (1988) ШЄШІЩ€Ш¬ШЄЩѓ ШЈЩЉШЄЩ‡Ш§ Ш§Щ„ШШ±ЩЉШ©

Fairuz (La Tasaalouny: Don't Ask Me) Abdel Halim Hafez (Qareat Alfinjan: The cup reader) Mohammed Abdel Wahab (Ayazon: does he think?) Alphabet of Jasmine (1998) ШЈШЁШ¬ШЇЩЉШ© Ш§Щ„ЩЉШ§ШіЩ…ЩЉЩ†He also composed many works of prose, such as My Story with Poetry Щ‚ШµШЄЩЉ Щ…Ш№ Ш§Щ„ШґШ№Ш±, What Poetry Is Щ…Ш§ Щ‡Щ€ Ш§Щ„ШґШ№Ш±, and Words Know Anger Ш§Щ„ЩѓЩ„Щ…Ш§ШЄ ШЄШ№Ш±ЩЃ Ш§Щ„ШєШ¶ШЁ, On Poetry, Sex, and Revolution Ш№Щ† Ш§Щ„ШґШ№Ш± Щ€Ш§Щ„Ш¬Щ†Ші Щ€Ш§Щ„Ш«Щ€Ш±Ш©, Poetry is a Green Lantern Ш§Щ„ШґШ№Ш± Щ‚Щ†ШЇЩЉЩ„ ШЈШ®Ш¶Ш±, Birds Don't Require a Visa Ш§Щ„Ш№ШµШ§ЩЃЩЉШ± Щ„Ш§ ШЄШ·Щ„ШЁ ШЄШЈШґЩЉШ±Ш© ШЇШ®Щ€Щ„, I Played Perfectly and Here are my Keys Щ„Ш№ШЁШЄ ШЁШҐШЄЩ‚Ш§Щ† Щ€Щ‡Ш§ Щ‡ЩЉ Щ…ЩЃШ§ШЄЩЉШЩЉ and The Woman in My Poetry and My Life Ш§Щ„Щ…Ш±ШЈШ© ЩЃЩЉ ШґШ№Ш±ЩЉ Щ€ЩЃЩЉ ШЩЉШ§ШЄЩЉ, as well as one play named Republic of Madness Previously Lebanon Ш¬Щ…Щ‡Щ€Ш±ЩЉШ© Ш¬Щ†Щ€Щ†ШіШЄШ§Щ† Щ„ШЁЩ†Ш§Щ† ШіШ§ШЁЩ‚Ш§ and lyrics of many famous songs of celebrated Arab singers, including: Nizarian Variations of Arabic Maqam of Love (1995) ШЄЩ†Щ€ЩЉШ№Ш§ШЄ Щ†ШІШ§Ш±ЩЉШ© Ш№Щ„Щ‰ Щ…Щ‚Ш§Щ… Ш§Щ„Ш№ШґЩ‚ Fifty Years of Praising Women (1994) Ш®Щ…ШіЩ€Щ† Ш№Ш§Щ…Ш§ ЩЃЩЉ Щ…ШЇЩЉШ Ш§Щ„Щ†ШіШ§ШЎ

However, such songs were introduced after filtering the original poems.Many of Qabbani's poems have also been translated into English and other foreign languages, both individually and as collections of selected works.

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