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 ...
Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell ...
In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed ...
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 ...
I am dotted silver threads dropped from heavenBy the gods. Nature then takes me, to adornHer fields and valleys.I am ...
Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."And he said:You would know the secret of death.But how shall ...
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'And he said:Your children are ...
Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"And he answered saying:You were born together, and together you ...
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."And he said:Your children are ...
And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain."And he said:Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses ...
Your pain is the breaking of the shellthat encloses your understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break,that itsheart ...
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but ...
In the town where I was born lived a woman and her daughter, whowalked in their sleep.One night, while silence ...
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of ...
There in the middle of the field, by the side of a crystalline stream, I saw a bird-cage whose rods ...
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 ...
In the silence of the night Death descended from God toward the earth. He hovered above a city and pierced ...
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. ...
A prince stood on the balcony of his palace addressing a great multitude summoned for the occasion and said, "Let ...
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 ...
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