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 ...
My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear--acare-woven garment that protects me from ...
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."And he answered, saying:Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the ...
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 who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children."And he said:Your children are ...
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.They come through you but ...
Once I said to a scarecrow, "You must be tired of standing in thislonely field."And he said, "The joy of ...
There in the middle of the field, by the side of a crystalline stream, I saw a bird-cage whose rods ...
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 ...
And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time?" And he answered: You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. ...
And now it was evening. And Almitra the seeress said, "Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit ...
Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of Teaching." And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but ...
I was here from the moment of the Beginning, and here I am still. And I shall remain here until ...
And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking." And he answered, saying: You talk when you cease to be at ...
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 ...
A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses." And he answered and said: Build of your imaginings ...
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship." Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which ...
One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and ...
And the weaver said, "Speak to us of Clothes." And he answered: Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet ...
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