Author: Khalil Gibran

He is a link between this and the coming world. He is A pure spring from which all thirsty souls […]

Leave me, my blamer, For the sake of the love Which unites your soul with That of your beloved one; […]

And then a scholar said, “Speak of Talking.” And he answered, saying: You talk when you cease to be at […]

Then Almitra spoke, saying, “We would ask now of Death.” And he said: You would know the secret of death. […]

The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and […]

And an orator said, “Speak to us of Freedom.” And he answered: At the city gate and by your fireside […]

A mason came forth and said, “Speak to us of Houses.” And he answered and said: Build of your imaginings […]

Man and I are sweethearts He craves me and I long for him, But alas! Between us has appeared A […]

Then a priestess said, “Speak to us of Prayer.” And he answered, saying: You pray in your distress and in […]

Part One As night fell and the light glittered in the great house, the servants stood at the massive door […]

And an old priest said, “Speak to us of Religion.” And he said: Have I spoken this day of aught […]

My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which […]

Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you As infants […]

Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, “Speak to us of Crime and Punishment.” And […]

Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. […]

I am a kind word uttered and repeated By the voice of Nature; I am a star fallen from the […]

I was here from the moment of the Beginning, and here I am still. And I shall remain here until […]

And one of the elders of the city said, “Speak to us of Good and Evil.” And he answered: Of […]

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 […]

The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The […]

Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, “Speak to us of Eating and Drinking.” And he said: […]

The gold-hoarder walked in his palace park and with him walked his troubles. And over his head hovered worries as […]

I am the lover’s eyes, and the spirit’s Wine, and the heart’s nourishment. I am a rose. My heart opens […]

And the weaver said, “Speak to us of Clothes.” And he answered: Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet […]

Then a hermit, who visited the city once a year, came forth and said, “Speak to us of Pleasure.” And […]

One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and […]

In the depth of my soul there is A wordless song – a song that lives In the seed of […]

Part One – The Calling Let me sleep, for my soul is intoxicated with love and Let me rest, for […]

Then said a teacher, “Speak to us of Teaching.” And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but […]