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Mar 21, 2023, 13 tweets

Romantic poetry is the poetry of sentiments, emotions & imagination. Muslim cultures have a long tradition of poetry, celebrating beauty in the world

For #WorldPoetryDay a thread of romantic poetic lines in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto, Turkish, Malay & more with @poetryandgahwa

If I were a flower, I would have given away all my petals for your love

Romantic poetic lines in Urdu #WorldPoetryDay

With you, I am like a flower that proudly blooms

Romantic poetic lines in Kurdish #WorldPoetryDay

I am a tree and you are the roots I would never live without

Romantic poetic lines in Malay #WorldPoetryDay

Me and you are like a candle and it’s flame

When your light goes, a part of me dies

Romantic poetic lines in Turkish #WorldPoetryDay

I confessed to the sky about a love in my heart that never stopped singing your name

Romantic poetic lines in Arabic #WorldPoetryDay

Spring is what I held in my hand for the first time

Romantic poetic lines in Pashto #WorldPoetryDay

I heard the sky say your name so I sat and listened to a love story that never ended

Romantic poetic lines in Farsi #WorldPoetryDay

The sky darkened and your heart became it’s light

Romantic poetic lines in Urdu #WorldPoetryDay

Flowers would have bloomed in winter if they met you

Romantic poetic lines in Turkish #WorldPoetryDay

Everything pretty found it’s meaning when I met you

Romantic poetic lines in Malay #WorldPoetryDay

Poetry & Gahwa is a collaborative project with Bayt Al Fann, exploring poetic words through the beautiful diverse languages spoken throughout the Muslim World.

Please follow @poetryandgahwa for more #WorldPoetryDay

Discover more romantic poetic lines in languages across the Muslim World with @poetryandgahwa

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