It will try to offer a methodology in translating poetry that avoids overvaluing the concept of loyalty and faithfulness to the original text, and deems the more important factors in poetry, which are to convey the true spirit and ideas and the true emotions hidden between the words, as well as the ultimate purpose of literary translation; namely introducing the Arabic literature and works of genius to non-Arabic speakers by recreating Arabic poetry in another language inthe most effective, culture targeted manner.

The study also introduces a theory that considers poetry translation a form of intertextuality, creating the term of " intertextual translation" . The study on the other hand seeks to find a solution to the challenges of literary translation in the philosophy of the theory of intertexuality, creating a method called "translation through intertextuality". Finally the study will present many applications to this theory by translating to English a number of selected lines of poetry for the Syrian contemporary poet Nizar Qabbani using the suggested methodology.