5 Lovely Lebanese Love Poems

Lebanese writers have been writing the most beautiful poems for ages, from ones about our beautiful country to ones on social issues and art. As for love, it’s the universal topic that all poets touch on. Here are some of our favorite love poems by Lebanese poets.

1. Said Akl – The Palace of my Beloved

I will build for you each night
A palace luminous
With whole blocks of emerald
And diamond stones.
Shall it be skyblue as your eyes,
Or green as your wishes:
Be, and the palace too shall be.

2. Nadia Tueni – Would You Come Back?

Would you come back if I said the earth
Was at the tip of my fingers?
Like a charred branch already cooled?
Birds often die deep in your blond hair
They adopt the sea as a vice.

3. Ounsi El Hage – The Messenger with Her Hair

You are my gift, O God, add my years to hers
Loved one, you are the other side of creation
Loved one, you are truth
In you is my inspiration and wisdom
In you my rapture
In you ecstasy and shelter
You are the reunion of our two bodies, one body at peace with the elements
I am your head but you the halo around it.

4. Gibran Khalil Gibran – A Lover’s Call XXVII

I remember when you kissed me and kissed me, 
With tears coursing your cheeks, and you said, 
“Earthly bodies must often separate for earthly purpose, 
And must live apart impelled by worldly intent.”
“But the spirit remains joined safely in the hands of 
Love, until death arrives and takes joined souls to God.”
 

5. Joumana Haddad – Don’t Let It Linger

My mouth will slide from your forehead to your neck
from your neck to that most significant crux.
I will unload my dreams on your shoulders
And you will let me wander.
Come along.