Re: Some Poems by Khalil Gibran

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In Reply to: Some Poems by Khalil Gibran posted by gibran on January 02, 19102 at 16:07:25:

:Some Poems by Khalil Gibran

:Song of Man

:I was here from the moment of the Beginning, and here I am still. And I shall
:remain here until the end Of the world, for there is no Ending to my grief-
:stricken being. I roamed the infinite sky, and Soared in the ideal world, and
:Floated through the firmament. But Here I am, pridoner of measurement. I heard
:the teachings of Confucius; I listened to Brahma's wisdom; I sat by Buddha
:under the Tree of Knowledge. Yet here am I, existing with ignorance And
heresy.
:I was on Sinai when Jehova approached Moses; I saw the Nazarene's miracles at
:the Jordan; I was in Medina when Mohammed visited. Yet here I am, prisoner of
:bewilderment. Then I witnessed the might of Babylon; I learned of the glory of
:Egypt; I viewed the warring greatness of Rome. Yet my earlier teachings showed
:the Weakness and sorrow of those achievements. I conversed with the magicians
:of Ain Dour; I debated with the priests of Assyria; I gleaned depth from the
:prophets of Palestine. Yet, I am still seeking the truth. I gathered wisdom
:from quiet India; I probed the antiquity of Arabia; I heard all than can be
:heard. Yet my heart is deaf and blind. I suffered at the hands of despotic
:rulers; I suffered slavery under insane invaders; I suffered hunger imposed by
:tyranny; Yet, I still possess some inner power With which I struggle to greet
:each day. My mind is filled, but my heart is empty; My body is old, but my
:heart is an infant. Perhaps in youth my heart will grow, but I Pray to grow
old
:and reach the moment of My return to God. Only then will my heart fill! I was
:here from the moment of the Beginning, and here I am still. And I shall remain
:here until the end Of the world, for there is no Ending to my grief-stricken
:being.

:Song of Love

:I am the lover's eyes, and the spirit's Wine, and the heart's nourishment. I
am
:a rose. My heart opens at dawn and The virgin kisses me and places me Upon her
:breast. I am the house of true fortune, and the Origin of pleasure, and the
:beginning Of peace and tranquility. I am the gentle Smile upon the lips of
:beauty. When youth Overtakes me he forgets his toil, and his Whole life
becomes
:reality of sweet dreams. I am the poet's elation, And the artist's revelation,
:And the musician's inspiration. I am a sacred shrine in the heart of a Child,
:adored by a merciful mother. I appear to a heart's cry; I shun a demand; My
:fullness pursues the heart's desire; It shuns the empty claim of the voice. I
:appeared to Adam through Eve And exile was his lot; Yet I revealed myself to
:Solomon, and He drew wisdom from my presence. I smiled at Helena and she
:destroyed Tarwada; Yet I crowned Cleopatra and peace dominated The Valley of
:the Nile. I am like the ages -- building today And destroying tommorrow; I am
:like a god, who creates and ruins; I am sweeter than a violet's sigh; I am
more
:violent than a raging tempest. Gifts alone do not entice me; Parting does not
:discourage me; Poverty does not chase me; Jealousy does not prove my
awareness;
:Madness does not evidence my presence. Oh seekers, I am Truth, beseeching
:Truth; And your Truth in seeking and receiving And protecting me shall
:determine my Behaviour.

:
:The Golden Belt

:Once upon a day two men who met on the road were walking toward Salamis, the
:City of Columns. In mid-afternoon they came to a wide river and there was no
:bridge to cross it. They must needs swim, or seek another road unknown to
them.
:And they said to one another, "Let us swim. After all, the river is not so
:wide." And they threw themselves into the water and swam.
:And one of the men who had always known rivers and the ways of rivers, in mid-
:stream suddenly began to lose himself, and to be carried away by the rushing
:waters; while the other who had never swum before crossed the river
straightway
:amd stood upon the further bank. Then seeing his companion still wrestling
with
:the stream, he threw himself again into the waters and brought him also safely
:to the shore.
:And the man who had been swept away by the current said, "But you told me you
:could not swim. How then did you cross that river with such assurance?"
:And the second man answered, "My friend, do you see this belt which gridles
me?
:It is full of golden coins that I have earned for my wife and my children, a
:full year's work. It is the weight of this belt of gold that carried me across
:the river, to my wife and my children. And my wife and my children were upon
my
:shoulders as I swam."
:And the two men walked on together toward Salamis.

:The Pearl

:Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me.
:It is heavy and round and I am in distress."
:And the other oyster replied with haughty complacence, "Praise be to the
:heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole both
:within and without."
:At that moment a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to
:the one who was well and whole both within and without, "Yes, you are well and
:whole; but the pain that your neighbor bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty."

:The Red Earth

:Said a tree to a man, "My roots are in the deep red earth, and I shall give
you
:of my fruit."
:And the man said to the tree, "How alike we are. My roots are also deep in the
:red earth. And the red earth gives you the power to bestow upon me of your
:fruit, and the red earth teaches me to receive from you with thanksgiving."

:The Full Moon

:The full moon rose in glory upon the town and all the dogs of that town began
:to bark at the moon.
:Only one dog did not bark, and he said to them in a grave voice, "Awake not
:stillness from her sleep, nor bring you the moon to the earth with your
:barking."
:Then all the dogs ceased barking, in awful silence. But the dog who had spoken
:to them continued barking for silence, the rest of the night.

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