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Words that capture what the heart already knows.

Poets have been trying to describe love at first sight for as long as there's been language. They all fail, of course. But some of them fail beautifully.

🇮🇳 Arabic Poetry

العربية
“They said: be patient. I said: love has no patience. They said: forget her. I said: the soul does not forget.”
— Qays ibn al-Mulawwah (Majnun)
العربية
“She looked at me once. And I became her slave forever.”
— Antar ibn Shaddad
العربية
“Between my eyes and her eyes, my heart forgot its way home.”
— Nizar Qabbani
العربية
“The most beautiful thing about love at first sight is that it needs no translation.”
— Arabic Proverb

🇫🇷 French Poetry

Français
“She looked at me once. And I became her slave forever.”
— Victor Hugo
Français
“Ce fut au premier regard — et au dernier regard, et à chaque regard entre les deux.”
— Jacques Prévert
Français
“Aimer au premier regard, c’est reconnaître une âme que l’on n’a pas oubliée.”
— French Proverb
Français
“L’amour n’est pas quelque chose que l’on trouve. L’amour est quelque chose qui vous trouve.”
— Alfred de Musset

🇬🇧 English Poetry

English
“Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?”
— Christopher Marlowe
English
“I saw her and we were lost in time — nothing else mattered.”
— Pablo Neruda
English
“Love is not blind — it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it chooses to see through.”
— Rabbi Julius Gordon
English
“The only thing better than falling in love at first sight is staying in love long after.”
— Anonymous
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❤ Love at First Sight

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