[theoptia]

“I love you but stayed silent, timid, despairing, jealous; I loved you truly —”

— Alexander Pushkin, featured in The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry; “I loved you…”

[feral-ballad]

I loved you once, nor can this heart be quiet, for it would seem that love still lingers here.

Alexander Pushkin, from A Treasury of Russian Verse; “I loved you once”

[poettrymatters-blog]

“I loved you; and perhaps I love you still, The flame, perhaps, is not extinguished; yet It burns so quietly within my soul, No longer should you feel distressed by it. Silently and hopelessly I loved you, At times too jealous and at times too shy. God grant you find another who will love you As tenderly and truthfully as I.”

— I Loved You, by Alexander Pushkin

[thedeadpoetsraven]

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑦.

— Mahmoud Darwish

[thelovelornpoet]

كل الطرق تؤدي إليك، حتى تلك التي سلكتها لنسيانك All roads lead to you, even those I took to forget you.

-Mahmoud Darwish

[sunnyouth]

If I told you to leave, would you still find a reason to stay?

sunnyouth

[thelovelornpoet]

لم نفترق لكننا لن نلتقي أبدا we never parted, but we will never meet again.

-Mahmoud Darwish

[askyea-poesy]

Maybe the moon is beautiful only because it is far.

Mahmoud Darwish

[stayuntilthefoglifts]

Let's swap roles. You wait and I don't come back.

Mahmoud Darwish

[perfectfeelings]

“I loved you in a way I wished someone would love me.”

— Mahmdou Darwish

[cudles]

—Mahmoud Darwish

[hassanaat]

Nizar Qabbani

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[lovecatcher]

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