Poetry Community Quotes

“Fall in love with yourself
because the one
you've been searching for
so desperately
is you.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“Maybe, just maybe,
it's difficult to find solace
in one another, in anyone, or anywhere,
because everyone is hurting at the same time.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“She is in love with herself and every ounce of it.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“I looked at her luggage like an abandoned bag”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“CARELESSLY SEEN DREAMS WITHER AWAY
YOU MUST LEARN THE SKILL OF DREAMING

LAPARWAHI SEY DEKHE SAPNE ZAYA HO JAATE HAIN
TUMHEIN SAPNE DEKHNE KA HUNAR SEEKHNA CHAHIYE”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“ولو أننا نستعير الأيادي كالقبّعات،
لكنت استعرتُ يداً من يديك
لأكتب أجمل من شجرٍ في ربيع الكلامْ...
وأرفعها فوق جرح الثرى والحطامْ...
وأسكب حلماً حليباً على شفة الميّتين الصغار،
أهزّ سرير المقابرِ من تحت أطفالها كي تنامْ...
أمدّ يداً من يديك إلى جهة الورد،
إنّي أشمّ الحقيقة لا أقتفيها،
وإن الصباح يجمّع أنفاسه في صدور الأكمّ
أمدّ يداً كي تصير الأيادي سوراً
وتحتفل الأرض بالطيبين...
عليهم سلامُ يديك..
عليكِ السلامْ...”
― Mahdi Mansour

“There are snippets of hope shining
in the darkest corners of chaos,
you must not be scared.
Refrain from letting fear cover your eyes.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“If you're wandering,
pondering,
in vain,
or astray,
surrender to your soul.
It only has its arms open for you.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“Your soul remains intact, waiting to save you.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“The whole universe came together to consummate a wonderful soul, you.”
― Nidhi M. Jhaveri, I'll just save myself

“loving a writer is only for the strong,
the ones who care to stare
at the sky with you. or at a locked door.
you refuse to open. and this is why
love remains crazy. undefined. unbearable.
irrational. because loving a writer
has no rules. it's like seeing the
world for the very first time.”
― Christina Strigas, Love & Vodka: A Book of Poetry for Glass Hearts

“IF THERE'S NO SLEEP OR DREAMS
THEN WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

ग़र न नींद है न ख़्वाब हैं
फ़िर क्या आपके पास है

GAR N NIND HAI N KHWAB HAIN
PHIR KYAA AAPKE PAAS HAI”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“Shayari?
Main toh sirf sach ki tukbandi karta hoon

Poetry?
I just rhyme the truths”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“Some of me cries
when you yell at me
Some of me dies..

私の何人かは泣きます
あなたが私に怒鳴ったとき
私の何人かは死ぬ”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“मुझे अंधेरे की आंख में रोशनी दिखाई देती है

I can see light in the eyes of darkness.”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“RAAZ ZINDAGI ITNI AASAAN BHI NAHIN
JITNAA TUU AARAAM KIYA KARTA HAI

राज़ ज़िन्दगी इतनी आसां भी नहीं
जितना तू आराम किया करता है

RAAZ LIFE IS NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK
I SHUDDER AT HOW MUCH YOU RELAX”
― vineet raj kapoor

“YOU ARE IMMERSED IN THE BAD WORLD
AND THEY THINK YOU ARE AT WORK

तू दिल से लगा है जहान-ए-ख़राब में
वो समझते हैं तू काम किया करता है

TUU DIL SE LAGAA HAI JAHAN-E-KHARAAB MEIN
WOH SAMAJHTE HAIN TU KAAM KIYA KARTA HAI”
― vineet raj kapoor

“IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THAT I HAVE NO PICTURE OF TRUTH

बहुत मुश्किल है ये याद रखना कि
मेरे पास सच की कोई तस्वीर नहीं है

BAHUT MUSHQIL HAI YEH YAAD RAKHNA KI
MERE PASS SACH KI KOI TASVEER NAHIN HAI”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“MY PEACE HAS SUCH A SMALL LIFE
JUST A SINGLE THOUGHT CAN KILL IT

मेरे सुकूँ की बस इतनी सी ज़िन्दगी है
ये तो इक सोच से मर जाया करता है

MERE SUKOON KI BAS ITNI SI ZINDAGI HAI
YEH TOH IK SOCH SE MAR JAYA KARTA HAI”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“One thing I will never come to know. That I am dead.

One thing one never knows. When is it that they are dead.

एक चीज़ हमें कभी मालूम न होगी, के कब हम नहीं हैं

EK CHEEZ HAMEIN KABHI MALOOM N HOGI, KE HUM NAHIN HAIN”
― Vineet Raj Kapoor

“! سننجو معاً حين تغدو اللحى فكرة للرجولة لا مدخلاً للعبادة
!سننجو معاً حين يغدو الحجاب سلاماً لسيدة لا قرارًا وعادة”
― Mahdi Mansour

“فكّر بها،
كي ترتقي بك،
كي يسيل نبيذ قلبك حين تكتب عن هواها…

السماء مقوّسة الظهر لشدة ما تعلّق بأطرافها المتعبون…”
― Mahdi Mansour

“لو تتفتح أزرار القمصان،
كما تتفتح أزرار الورد بكامل حريتها فوق الأغصان...
لتحرر نهران من العطر على أغنيتي الآن...
حين تكون الحرية في السجن أجيبي:
ما نفع القضبان؟
مقفلة أبوابك بالتاريخ وبالموروث وبالأوثان...
وكلانا يحترق بنار الخوف
ونار الرهبة
والحرمان...
حين تكون الآلهة سراباً أسطورياً
ماذا يجدي نفعاً أن يحترق القربان؟!”
― Mahdi Mansour

“أجمل القصور، التي يقصدها السواح والعشاق، هي تلك التي لا ملوك فيها ولا سلاطين…”
― Mahdi Mansour

“And when undone or desperate, alone,
beset by others' hungers and my own,
to speak inaudibly and still be heard.

From "Wish List”
― George Witte, An Abundance of Caution

“There's something to be said, and something else
to be kept quiet and cool:
the lake at dawn, before the fog burns off.

from "An Open Letter”
― George Witte, The Apparitioners

“No photograph records
that day's unmaking roar.

Things ripped from skins,
words from definitions.

Letters distilled until
incomprehensible,

whistles, clicks, thrummed dipthongs
an underwater song

too deep for human ears.


From "Uh-Oh”
― George Witte, Deniability