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 ...
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 ...
One night a feat was held in the palace, and there came a man andprostrated himself before the prince, and ...
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."And he answered, saying:Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the ...
Once there lived a man who had a valley-full of needles. And oneday the mother of Jesus came to him ...
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 ...
Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and ...
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 ...
Part One As night fell and the light glittered in the great house, the servants stood at the massive door ...
One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty And Love is worth a full century of glory Given by the ...
Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of Teaching." And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but ...
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 ...
And an old priest said, "Speak to us of Religion." And he said: Have I spoken this day of aught ...
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets ...
Man and I are sweethearts He craves me and I long for him, But alas! Between us has appeared A ...
Then a hermit, who visited the city once a year, came forth and said, "Speak to us of Pleasure." And ...
Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, "Speak to us of Eating and Drinking." And he said: ...
Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving." And he answered: You give but little when you give ...
Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment." And ...
Part One The power of charity sows deep in my heart, and I reap and gather the wheat in bundles ...
Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you As infants ...
The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and ...
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