The Farewell (Khalil Gibran Poems)
And now it was evening.And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that ...
And now it was evening.And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that ...
Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn onto his own day, had waited twelve years in the ...
In the stillness of night Wisdom came and stoodBy my bed. She gazed upon me like a tender motherAnd wiped ...
Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell ...
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear--acare-woven garment that protects me from ...
And an old priest said, "Speak to us of Religion."And he said:Have I spoken this day of aught else?Is not ...
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heartFor the joys of the multitude.And I would not have the tears ...
Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"And he answered saying:You were born together, and together you ...
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itselfBut if your love and must needs have desires,Let these be your ...
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of ...
Love is a magic rayemitted from the burning coreof the souland illuminatingthe surrounding earth.It enables usto perceive lifeas a beautiful ...
Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work." And he answered, saying: You work that you may keep pace ...
The gold-hoarder walked in his palace park and with him walked his troubles. And over his head hovered worries as ...
He is a link between this and the coming world. He is A pure spring from which all thirsty souls ...
Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and ...
And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time?" And he answered: You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. ...
In the silence of the night Death descended from God toward the earth. He hovered above a city and pierced ...
And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit ...
My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which ...
Spring Come, my beloved; let us walk amidst the knolls, For the snow is water, and Life is alive from ...
One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty And Love is worth a full century of glory Given by the ...
Part One - The Calling Let me sleep, for my soul is intoxicated with love and Let me rest, for ...
Yesterday I drew myself from the noisome throngs and proceeded into the field until I reached a knoll upon which ...
The God separated a spirit from Himself and fashioned it into Beauty. He showered upon her all the blessings of ...
A young man of strong body, weakened by hunger, sat on the walker's portion of the street stretching his hand ...
The strong shore is my beloved And I am his sweetheart. We are at last united by love, and Then ...
I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of Nature; I am a star fallen from the ...
In the depth of my soul there is A wordless song - a song that lives In the seed of ...
I am the lover's eyes, and the spirit's Wine, and the heart's nourishment. I am a rose. My heart opens ...
And the priestess spoke again and said: "Speak to us of Reason and Passion." And he answered saying: Your soul ...
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