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 ...
In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed ...
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 ...
In the town where I was born lived a woman and her daughter, whowalked in their sleep.One night, while silence ...
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itselfBut if your love and must needs have desires,Let these be your ...
Then a ploughman said, "Speak to us of Work." And he answered, saying: You work that you may keep pace ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spring Come, my beloved; let us walk amidst the knolls, For the snow is water, and Life is alive from ...
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 ...
I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of Nature; I am a star fallen from the ...
The strong shore is my beloved And I am his sweetheart. We are at last united by love, and Then ...
And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets ...
Then a hermit, who visited the city once a year, came forth and said, "Speak to us of Pleasure." And ...
Then a priestess said, "Speak to us of Prayer." And he answered, saying: You pray in your distress and in ...
A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses." And he answered and said: Build of your imaginings ...
Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving." And he answered: You give but little when you give ...
And a poet said, "Speak to us of Beauty." Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her ...
Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment." And ...
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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