He was a ceaseless campaigner for women’s rights, and his verses praise the beauty of the female body, and of love. Kabbani was a poet of great simplicity-direct, spontaneous, musical, using the language of everyday life. Frangieh and Brown’s elegant translations are accompanied by the striking Arabic texts of the poems, penned by Kabbani himself especially for this collection. Arabian Love Poems is the first English-language collection of his work. NIZAR KABBANI’S POETRY HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “MORE POWERFUL than all the Arab regimes put together” (Lebanese Daily Star). Used with permission of Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. Used with permission of Lynne Rienner Publishers.įrom Arabian Love Poems by Nizar Kabbani, translated by Bassam K. Nizar Kabbani from the book Arabian Love Poems.
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