Translated to Arabic, «Thousand Cranes» a novel by Japanese writer and Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata (1899 - 1972).

«Thousand Cranes» (serialized 1949-1951) is centered on the Japanese tea ceremony and hopeless love. The protagonist is attracted to the mistress of his dead father and, after her death, to her daughter, who flees from him. The tea ceremony provides a beautiful background for ugly human affairs, but Kawabata's intent is rather to explore feelings about death. - (Wiki)