#arabic lines

[mysterieuxclairdelune]

{Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath/ Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, The Nest/ Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life/ Susan Sontag/ Liv Ullmann, from Changing (Knopf, 1976)/ Katherine Mansfield, in a letter to J.M. Murry, dated December 14, 1919, Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield (Penguin Classics, 1977)/ Anne Sexton,A Self-Portrait in Letters/ Anne Sexton,A Self-Portrait in Letters/ Richard Siken/ Papi/ Anais Nin/ Ghada Al-Samman/ Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings}

[p-a-p-e-r-t-o-w-n-s]

"I told you once, that only two things will have me - you and death."

قلت لك مرة واحدة، أن اثنين فقط من الأشياء سوف يكون لي . أنت و الموت .

[thedelusionalselenophile]

تعبان ، كأن الكون بتُقلُه ، بكل حكاياته وزعلُه ، واقع على كتافي

I'm tired, as if the weight of the universe, with all its stories and sadness, is on my shoulders ~

[muhtesemz]

قالَ وهيب بن الورد رَحِمَهُ الله: بلغَنا أنَّ الحِكْمَة عشرة أجزاء: تسعةٌ منها في الصَّمت، والعاشرة في عُزلةِ النَّاس.

Wisdom has ten parts.

Nine parts are keeping quiet, and the tenth part is staying away from people.

—al-Wuhayb ibn al-Ward, d. 770 CE

[chthonic-empyrean]

سأكون ركنك الدافئ والدافئ من العالم

"I'll be your warm, warm corner of the world."

[astereaus]

"Even after letting go of the last bird, I hesitate. There is something in this empty cage that never gets released."

— Garous Abdolmalekain, Lean Against This Late Hour

[nanamins-overtime]

قسما بعينيك التين إليها تأوي ملايين الكواكب.

I swear by your eyes in which a million planets reside.

- Bilqis, Nizar Qabbani

[jumeratnabila]

الوكيل

I kept stretching my hand to those people who never even tried to throw a glance at me.

There is only silence greeting when I call for support, a touch of nothing is what meets my fingers.

Oh how foolish it was of me to waste my time and strength for someone on whom I could never depend like I can on Al-Wakil, The Trustee Who comforts me when I need it the most.

@ibtasempoetry

[aliyafatima]

All your fury is to hide a fragile heart.

-Ghassan Kanafani

[waning-star]

“Never judge people by their past. People learn, people change”

[sarcoplasmicridiculous]

أسميتك من جهلي وطناً ، ونسيت أن الأوطان تسلب

Out of my ignorance, I called you a homeland and I forgot that homelands are taken away.

-Mahmoud Darwish

[mysterieuxclairdelune]

Until my heart beats for the last time,

only then, perhaps, I would stop loving you.

Perhaps.

-Ahmed Khaled Tawfik

[p-a-p-e-r-t-o-w-n-s]

"At goodbyes, say whatever you want without hesitation, fear or shyness. Life may not give you this opportunity again!" - Mohammed Al Rotayyan

في لحظات الوداع قل ما تريد دون تردد، أو خوف، أو خجل.. فربما لا تمنحك الحياة فرصة أخرى لقول ما تريد.

[thedelusionalselenophile]

يَاه ، كَم عَلَيَّ أنْ أنتَظِرَك حَتَّى تَجِدَنِي ؟

Oh, how long do I have to wait for you to find me?

*Credits go to rightful owners

[muhtesemz]

The waves won’t stop when you leave.

[chthonic-empyrean]

آمل أن تجد شخص يلره إيذاء قلبك

I hope you find someone who hates hurting your heart.