Nizār Qabbāni is the most influential and best known Arab poet in modern times. He began composing verse in his school age. He is considered a great protagonist of feminism in the Arab world. Besides romantic poetry, he brought forth the sufferings of womenfolk generally and of Arabs’ especially. Nizār very aptly combined classical language with colloquial words through his poetry.

[1]- Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī  m‘al-Shi‘r, Lubnan, Beirut, Manshorāt Nizār Qabbānī, 1^st edition, 1973, p: 08.

[1]- Musset, (Louis Charles) Alfred de (11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) distinguished poet and playwright of the French Romantic movement. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle (The Confession of a Child of the Century, autobiographical) (1836) See: The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (Micropaedia), Encyclopaedia Britannica-Inc, 5^th Edition, Vol. 8, P: 451.

[1]- Charles Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. See: Ibid, Vol. 1, P: 966.

[1]- Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valery (October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and critic. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), he also wrote many essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events. See: Ibid, Vol. 12, p: 244-245.

[1]- Alexandre Dumas, (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870) one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19^th century, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Ibid, Vol.4, P: 267.

[1]- Hugo, Victor (Marie) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France. Ibid, Vol.6, P: 125.

[1]- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Moliere, (Baptised January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673) was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Moliere’s best-known works are Le Misanthrope (The Misanthrope), L'École des femmes (The School for Wives), L'Avare (The Miser) and Le Malade imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid).Ibid, Vol.8, P:234.

[1]- Jean Racine, (Baptised 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699),French dramatic poet and master of French Classical tragedy. He is one of the "Big Three" of 17th century France (along with Moliere and Corneille), and one of the most important literary figures in the Western tradition. Ibid, Vol: 9, P: 879.

[1]-  Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī ma’al-Shi’r, P: 103.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Arabian Love Poems, p: ix.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī ma’al-Shi’r, P: 62-63.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī Ma’al-Shi’r, P: 19

[1] - Ibid, P: 88.

[1] - Dalīla Burkān, Nizār Qabbānī Shāʾirul  ʿasr, Maktabah Miṣriyyah, P: 14.

[1]- Ibid: P: 22.

[1]- Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, Lubnān, Manshorāt Nizār Qabbānī, 1^st edition: 1993 A.D Vol.1, P:743.

[1] -Ibid (Kitābul Hub), Vol:01, P:743.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, Vol.1, P: 746.

[1]- Nizār Qabbānī, Anil-Shiri wal-Jinsi wal-ṯāawrah, Lubnān, Beirut, Manshorāt Nizār Qabbānī, P: 49-50.

[1] -Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣati maal-Shir, p:166.

[1] - Nizār Kabban, Sayabqal Hubu sayyedi, p:12.

[1] -Ibid, vol: 01, p:737.

[1] -Nizār Qabbānī, Ashhadu an la imraati illa anti, Lubnan, Beirut, Manshorat Nizār Qabbānī, 6^th edition: 1983 A.D p: 47.

[1] -Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, (Al-rasmu bil Kalimāt) vol:01, p:461.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Sayabqal ḥubbu Sayyedī. Beirut, Manshlūrātu Nizār Qabbānī, 2^nd Edition, 1987, p: 127.

[1] --Nizār Kabbāni, Arabian Love Poems, p:7.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Ashārun Khārijatun ala al-qānlūn, p:25.

[1] -Ibid, p: 61.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, vol:02, p:69.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-Kāmilah, Vol.1, P:58-59.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī’ 100 Riṣālatu ḥub, p: 37.

And on the lips of a woman he talked about the blond hair:

وضوء الشمس أسقيه

سنابل شعري الأشقر

Nizār Qabbānī, Al-ʾaʿmāl al-shiʿriyyah al-kāmilah, p:48.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-Kāmilah, Vol.4, P:386.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Sayabqal ḥubbu sayyedī, p:104-105.

[1] - For example Umar bin Abī Rabīah  says:

صرح هوى ناءت به شاهقية

هضيم الحشا حسانة المتحسر

قطوف الوف للحجال غربرة

وثيرة ما تحت اعتقاد المؤزر

[1] -  Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, vol:01, p:104.

[1]- Nizār Qabbānī, Sayabqal ḥubbu Sayyedi, p:57.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, vol:01, p:765.

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī maal-Shir, P: 132.

[1]-  Nizār Qabbānī, al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah,vol:01, p:86.

[1] -Ibid, p: 612.

[1] - Ibid, P:585.

[1] - Ibid (Yawmiyātu imraatin lā mubāliyyah, P:5.

[1]-  Nizār Qabbānī, Al-amāl al-shiriyyah al-kāmilah, Vol. 01, p:573.

[1]- Ibid, Vol. 01, p: 576.

[1]- Ibid. Vol. 01, p: 636-637 

[1] - Nizār Qabbānī, Qiṣṣatī maal-Shir, P:130.

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