Khalil Gibran Poems (80 Poems)
Your pain is…. (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Your pain is the breaking of the shellthat encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break,that itsheart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonderat the … Continue reading
Your Children (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.They come through you but not from you.And though they are with you, they belong not to you.You may give them your love but not … Continue reading
The Sleep-Walkers (Khalil Gibran Poems)
In the town where I was born lived a woman and her daughter, whowalked in their sleep. One night, while silence enfolded the world, the woman and herdaughter, walking, yet asleep, met in their mist-veiled garden. And the mother spoke, … Continue reading
The Wise Dog (Khalil Gibran Poems)
One day there passed by a company of cats a wise dog. And as he came near and saw that they were very intent and heededhim not, he stopped. Then there arose in the midst of the company a large, … Continue reading
Let these be your desires (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itselfBut if your love and must needs have desires,Let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brookThat sings its melody to the night.To know the pain of too … Continue reading
Love One Another (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.Fill each other’s cup, but drink not from one cup.Give one another of your bread, but eat not from … Continue reading
The Scarecrow (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Once I said to a scarecrow, “You must be tired of standing in thislonely field.” And he said, “The joy of scaring is a deep and lasting one, and Inever tire of it.” Said I, after a minute of thought, … Continue reading
On Giving and Taking (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Once there lived a man who had a valley-full of needles. And oneday the mother of Jesus came to him and said: “Friend, my son’sgarment is torn and I must needs mend it before he goeth to thetemple. Wouldst thou … Continue reading
Love is a Magic Ray (Khalil Gibran Poems)
Love is a magic rayemitted from the burning coreof the souland illuminatingthe surrounding earth. It enables usto perceive lifeas a beautiful dreambetween one awakeningand another. (Khalil Gibran)
Vision X (Khalil Gibran Poem)
There in the middle of the field, by the side of a crystalline stream, I saw a bird-cage whose rods and hinges were fashioned by an expert’s hands. In one corner lay a dead bird, and in another were two … Continue reading
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