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The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.
The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divid...more
The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran’s musings are divid...more
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published
May 17th 2011
by Knopf Publishing Group
(first published 1923)
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أعتقد أنها ستكون أروع شئ قرأته وسأقرأه عن الأنسانية والحب والعطاء والحكمة
كتاب رائع يستحق الاقتناء وقرائته أكثر من مرة
أبدع ثروت أباظه في ترجمته ويكأنه علي لسان عربي وليس بمترجم
أشد المقطوعات أثارت أعجابي
في المأكل والمشرب
وحين تنحر ذبيحتك ناجها في سريرتك قائلا:"إن الفدرة التي تذبحك هي نفسها... تذبحني؛وأنا مثلك مصيري الفناء.
فإن الناموس الذي أسلمك إلى يدي سوف يسلمني إلى يد أشد بأسا.
وحين تقضم التفاحة بين اسنانك،ناجها قائلا:"لسوف تحيا بذورك ف...more
كتاب رائع يستحق الاقتناء وقرائته أكثر من مرة
أبدع ثروت أباظه في ترجمته ويكأنه علي لسان عربي وليس بمترجم
أشد المقطوعات أثارت أعجابي
في المأكل والمشرب
وحين تنحر ذبيحتك ناجها في سريرتك قائلا:"إن الفدرة التي تذبحك هي نفسها... تذبحني؛وأنا مثلك مصيري الفناء.
فإن الناموس الذي أسلمك إلى يدي سوف يسلمني إلى يد أشد بأسا.
وحين تقضم التفاحة بين اسنانك،ناجها قائلا:"لسوف تحيا بذورك ف...more
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Of course I remember almost nothing of this book, except that it was an arduous journey through the elementary and unspecific explanation of religious doctrine that tries to be open and liberal, but is actually very conservative and full of ideology that I feel is unrewarding mostly due to the difficulty in actual application. If anyone reads this, although I see no reason why they would, listen to my words. The truth, however you define it, however you need it, is simple. When you see it you...more
The Prophet made me feel profoundly spiritual when I was nineteen. It was a great way to experience spirituality and romance as a teenager, but as I got older, its lusty descriptions of the true meaning of love, marriage, and life just seem like pretty, but shallow, wordplay.
Now, don't write to me and prove me wrong on this, because I like the idea very much. I believe that Khalil Gibran was quite the player. The Prophet has a seductive tone that avoids making any concrete statement...more
Now, don't write to me and prove me wrong on this, because I like the idea very much. I believe that Khalil Gibran was quite the player. The Prophet has a seductive tone that avoids making any concrete statement...more
I'm not sure that this book lived up to the thousands of recomendations that I got to read it. It is very beautiful, many of the lines are great, but as a whole, it seems like a sort of ode to indecision. Maybe I didn't take enough time with it, but seemed to me to be so heavily focussed on balance and contradictions that it didn't make any extreme proclamations. Maybe balance is more real than that which is self-glorifying, but I just wasn't as moved as I wanted to be. Maybe at a different ...more
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anyone looking for a breath of fresh air
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Now that I'm reading The Prophet again, words that I read twenty-seven years ago still ring clearly in my mind as I read them again today. It was a wonderful moment a few evenings ago to find myself reciting aloud and from memory passages that had struck me then--and now--to the very core. Kahlil Gibran spent a couple of years revising The Prophet. Since it is a short book, the concepts come across as distilled. The influences of his native Lebanon as well as his love for scripture, come thro...more
ترجمة , ثروت عكاشة,
ترجمة رائعة حقا, تشعرك أن النص قد كتب بالعربية.
كلمات جبران تذكرني بالتعبير المصري "يطري عالقلب"
يعصر علي قلبك عصارة حلاوة و دفء عواطفه من خلال كلماته.
في هذه الأيام تعلمت معني أن استمتع بالأدب و أحلق معه , حتي لو لم اتفق مع أفكار الكاتب,
فكرة جبران الرئيسية تدور حول الرومانسية المثالية , و تحقيق الفردوس الكامل علي الأرض ,
حيث يعيش الكل بوئام و حب و سلام.
و هو مالن يحدث في هذه الحياة...more
ترجمة رائعة حقا, تشعرك أن النص قد كتب بالعربية.
كلمات جبران تذكرني بالتعبير المصري "يطري عالقلب"
يعصر علي قلبك عصارة حلاوة و دفء عواطفه من خلال كلماته.
في هذه الأيام تعلمت معني أن استمتع بالأدب و أحلق معه , حتي لو لم اتفق مع أفكار الكاتب,
فكرة جبران الرئيسية تدور حول الرومانسية المثالية , و تحقيق الفردوس الكامل علي الأرض ,
حيث يعيش الكل بوئام و حب و سلام.
و هو مالن يحدث في هذه الحياة...more
الطبعة التي قرأتها عن (دار العرب للبستاني)..مكتوب عليها أنها الترجمة الوحيدة التي أقرها جبران
وهي ترجمة: أنطونيوس بشير
الطبعة الثانية-1985
ومرفق بها الاثني عشرة لوحة التي رسمها جبران لهذا الكتاب-للأصل الانجليزي لهذا الكتاب-
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استمتعتُ بقراءة هذا الكتاب الصغير
،وجداني جدًا،وفلسفته المحبة المعطاءة..ليس متفائلاً أو متشائمًا،بل يحاول أن ينبه لماوراء كل فعل وسلوك يشترك فيه البشر
تكلم عن الدين والزواج والعمل والصداقة والشريعة والجريمة والشر والخير..
عن الح...more
وهي ترجمة: أنطونيوس بشير
الطبعة الثانية-1985
ومرفق بها الاثني عشرة لوحة التي رسمها جبران لهذا الكتاب-للأصل الانجليزي لهذا الكتاب-
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استمتعتُ بقراءة هذا الكتاب الصغير
،وجداني جدًا،وفلسفته المحبة المعطاءة..ليس متفائلاً أو متشائمًا،بل يحاول أن ينبه لماوراء كل فعل وسلوك يشترك فيه البشر
تكلم عن الدين والزواج والعمل والصداقة والشريعة والجريمة والشر والخير..
عن الح...more
Dan
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Recommends it for:
college guys who want to impress girls, teenagers who want to feel spiritual
This book is cool because it is an excellent display of how similar the world's religions truly are. When it comes down to it, they are really all the same and the differences are mainly aesthetic.
However, pretty much any person who has learned about many different religions is really going to come to the same conclusion. All the religions in the world are all compatible, because their entire purpose is to provide a belief system to help people in a society get along. The rules th...more
However, pretty much any person who has learned about many different religions is really going to come to the same conclusion. All the religions in the world are all compatible, because their entire purpose is to provide a belief system to help people in a society get along. The rules th...more
Despite your religious views, be they absent or strong, Gibran has given us a work of beauty that proves, to me at least, that faith is not necessary to be good and right.
A favorite quote from the book:
"Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the...more
A favorite quote from the book:
"Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the...more
a book for anyone willing to step outside of the insitutionalized perspective of life that most of America and the world finds itself in. Every line is an intuitive and insightful proclamation of the gut feelings we all have about the way life can be lived and should be lived. I have heard the quote on marriage being like two trees standing near each other with a little space between them so the wind (God) can come between them. it's an extremely popular and inspirational book!
This is a semi-poetic collection of views on important things in life, like love, giving, crime and punishment, pain, talking, and beauty. They are told by a wise person who gives his opinions when solicited by the town on his day of departure. I like this part:
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you b...more
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
And he said:
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you b...more
تعجز الكلمات عن وصفه. جبران خليل استخدم فيه اسلوب ينفذ الى الروح ليعطيك خلاصة و خيرات خبراته فى الحياه. الكتاب به عصارة فكر. و خلاصة تجارب. منهج حياة وضعه جبران خليل جبران ببراعة و بلاغة تفوق الوصف في سطور معدودة. و نقله للعربية د. ثروت عكاشة ببلاغة و أسلوب عميق دون التأثير علي المعني نهائيا. استمتعت بقراءة النص بالانجليزية و النظر إلي ما لا اعرفه من معاني في الترجمة الموازية الممتازة. لابد من قراءة هذا الكتاب الراقي .. الرائع!
*تحديث*
بعد قراءه بعضا من "رمل و زبد" .. أ...more
*تحديث*
بعد قراءه بعضا من "رمل و زبد" .. أ...more
The Prophet by Kalil Ghibran
This book was given to me as a gift from my director in the last show that I did. I carried it with me everywhere and read it on the train, anytime I was waiting or bored. It brought me such immense comfort and inspiration. When I would read it’s pages before a long day at work, I came to work much more peaceful, than crabby. It’s messages are simple, yet profound and there is room in them to interpret them and hear them according to wherever you are in yo...more
This book was given to me as a gift from my director in the last show that I did. I carried it with me everywhere and read it on the train, anytime I was waiting or bored. It brought me such immense comfort and inspiration. When I would read it’s pages before a long day at work, I came to work much more peaceful, than crabby. It’s messages are simple, yet profound and there is room in them to interpret them and hear them according to wherever you are in yo...more
This book is a fantastic read of wisdom literature. Do you question passion, death, love, friends, pain, sorrow, work, and life's many other complexities?
If so, read this because the prophet addresses so many of life's complexities with honest, simple and faithful answers. Praise to Gibran.
If so, read this because the prophet addresses so many of life's complexities with honest, simple and faithful answers. Praise to Gibran.
" ومنكم من يسعى إلى من يثرثرون؛ خشية الخلو إلى نفسه ؛ لأن سكون الوحدة يكشف لأعينهم خفايا ذواتهم العارية فيفرون منها . "
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" ومن اكتسى بفضائله ليبرز في أبهى زيه ، أولى به أن يظل عاريا "
النبي
جبران خليل جبران
كتاب حفُر في قلبي
هي فلسفة الحياة بكل ما تحمله
من فرح و حزن و إدراك و فهم
و عبادة و صداقة .
أحسست بـِأن جبران يتجول داخل عقلي
و يدون ما يجده بداخله !
هي نفس أفكاري ، نفس معتقدات...more
The Prophet, by Kahil Gibran, was a book given to me years ago... It's a man talking of all the elements in life, in such a beautiful way, so as to respect the meaning and depth in all our most heart felt experiences...
For me, life is fascinating, the richness of different experiences and in so many ways id like to respect the elements of life, to analyse, but in an emotional heart felt way, like a poet does, or a painter that paints the land, all of it's colours, bright and grey... ...more
For me, life is fascinating, the richness of different experiences and in so many ways id like to respect the elements of life, to analyse, but in an emotional heart felt way, like a poet does, or a painter that paints the land, all of it's colours, bright and grey... ...more
بی ستاره بودن بهترین پاداش برای جبران است او و اثرش به قضاوت امثال من نیازی ندارد. چند ستاره باید داده شود تا آن چنان که شاید تحسین شده باشد؟ ما برای قضاوت زودیم! و برای آفرین گفتن بس کوچک... آیا سکوت نشان بهتری نیست؟ و بی انصافی ست که دستان مردی را نادیده بگیریم و یا گزینشی سلیقه وار انجام دهیم، انتقاد چیز خوبی است و نقد منصفانه با رعایت اصول اخلاقی و آریایی اصیل زیبا ست پس بی ستاره باد این اثر! وبه امید آن که خوبان به دیده خوب بدان بنگرند... بهار
Jeanette
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There is a wealth of insight and wisdom in this book. I don't remember exactly when I first read it all the way through, but I regularly pull it out and read portions of it.
Here is the quote that has remained strongest in my mind over the years. I frequently recite some of these lines when I'm making a bid for the sweet blessedness of silence:
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart...more
Here is the quote that has remained strongest in my mind over the years. I frequently recite some of these lines when I'm making a bid for the sweet blessedness of silence:
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart...more
" و مگر فردا را چه ارمغانی است از برای سگ دوراندیشی که استخوانی را در زیر ریگهای بینشان بیایان پنهان میکند و خود به دنبال قافله زائران به راه میافتد؟ و مگر ترس از نیاز همان نیاز نیست؟"
این کتاب رو بیشتر از 5سال پیش خوندم، با این حال هنوز خیلی از قسمتهاش رو یادمه. اگه این کتاب رو خونده باشید می فهمید چی میگم و اگه نخوندید این بار که رفتید کتابفروشی یه نگاهی بهش بندازید تا بفهمید چی میگم.
این کتاب رو بیشتر از 5سال پیش خوندم، با این حال هنوز خیلی از قسمتهاش رو یادمه. اگه این کتاب رو خونده باشید می فهمید چی میگم و اگه نخوندید این بار که رفتید کتابفروشی یه نگاهی بهش بندازید تا بفهمید چی میگم.
Partha
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pearls of wisdom for the 'with it' generation
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well..of course..we all know this book has plenty of wisdom for the 'with it' and 'without it' generation..
what is also striking is the simplicity of the language and the pragmatism in his outlook to life..
Be it on relationships between couple or parent-child or work or passion, the author is impeccable and extremely refined thoughts are bound to grow on you..
The more you read the book..the better..
like they say the older the age of the wine..the better...more
what is also striking is the simplicity of the language and the pragmatism in his outlook to life..
Be it on relationships between couple or parent-child or work or passion, the author is impeccable and extremely refined thoughts are bound to grow on you..
The more you read the book..the better..
like they say the older the age of the wine..the better...more
Steve
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98% Nonsense. I feel dizzy.
There are a couple nice lines in here:
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?"
And,
"Beauty is eternity looking at itself in the mirror."
THAT'S IT, though. There is no...more
There are a couple nice lines in here:
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?"
And,
"Beauty is eternity looking at itself in the mirror."
THAT'S IT, though. There is no...more
I’m glad I don’t classify books by topic. I wouldn’t know where to file this one. Fiction? Poetry? Spirituality? Self-help? Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is all of these.
Written in the framework of fiction, the characters and setting of the Prophet are mere vehicles for a great necklace of pearls of wisdom. The main figure, a prophet named Almustafa, has been living for twelve years on a hill above a remote village by the sea. His ship has come to port to carry him home at last...more
Written in the framework of fiction, the characters and setting of the Prophet are mere vehicles for a great necklace of pearls of wisdom. The main figure, a prophet named Almustafa, has been living for twelve years on a hill above a remote village by the sea. His ship has come to port to carry him home at last...more
كتاب اكثر من رائع ,يحاكي النفس البشريه و يحثها على الفضيله في كل نواحي الحياة
أقف عاجزة عن الكلام أمام هذا الكتاب الرائع فالصمت في حضرة الجمال جمال
الحكمة والشاعرية والشفافية التي سطرها جبران في كتابه النبي أعظم من أن أصفها أو أتكلم عنها لذا سوف أتكلم عن المترجم الرائع ثروت عكاشة الذي عني بترجمة هذا الكتاب ومن بعده رمل وزبد لنفس الكاتب فأجاد لغة وتعبيرا ووصفا حتى أنك لتشعر كما قال بعض النقاد أن الكتاب كتب بالعربية وليس بالانجليزية بسبب تلك الترجمة الرائعة مفردات سخية بمعانيها راقية في لغتها عظيمة في اختيارها رشيقة حين تجد الكاتب قد سما بك لأرفع منازل السمو والشفافية ...more
الحكمة والشاعرية والشفافية التي سطرها جبران في كتابه النبي أعظم من أن أصفها أو أتكلم عنها لذا سوف أتكلم عن المترجم الرائع ثروت عكاشة الذي عني بترجمة هذا الكتاب ومن بعده رمل وزبد لنفس الكاتب فأجاد لغة وتعبيرا ووصفا حتى أنك لتشعر كما قال بعض النقاد أن الكتاب كتب بالعربية وليس بالانجليزية بسبب تلك الترجمة الرائعة مفردات سخية بمعانيها راقية في لغتها عظيمة في اختيارها رشيقة حين تجد الكاتب قد سما بك لأرفع منازل السمو والشفافية ...more
دي مش هتبقي أول و أخر مرة أقراه, الكتاب مليان جدا و أعتقد انه صعب ان الواحد يدركه من أول مرة و لكني استمتعت بشكل كبير جدا بيه. فكرته فكرتني جدا بخطبة الوداع لسيدنا محمد (ص) , و ده مفسره ثروت عكاشة في المقدمة عن تأثر جبران بالانجيل و القرأن و النسخة الانجليزيه في أسلوبها الشعري و الرومانسي متأثر جدا بأسلوب ترجمة الانجيل , حتي الالفاظ المستخدمة شعرية انجليلة بشكل واضح.
ثروت عكاشة ابدع في الترجمة لم يجعلها ترجمة حرفية أو حتي ترجمة محترفية ناقلة فقط بالعكس أنا كنت احيانا بنسي انها ترجمة, ...more
ثروت عكاشة ابدع في الترجمة لم يجعلها ترجمة حرفية أو حتي ترجمة محترفية ناقلة فقط بالعكس أنا كنت احيانا بنسي انها ترجمة, ...more
انه جبــــران يتحدث عن
الحق
الجمال
الخير
الحب
الحياة
العمل
العطاء
الحرية
الزواج
الصداقة
الموت
" ولقد نُبَّئتم أيضا أن الحياة ظلام، حتى أصبحتم
تردّدون من فرط الإنهاك ما يقوله المنهكون.
ولعَمْرى إن اَلحياة ظلام، إلاّ إذا صاحَبَها الحافزُ
وكلُّ حافزٍ ضريرٌ، إلاّ إذا اقترنَ بالمعرفة.
وكلٌّ معرفة هباءٌ، إلاّ إذا رافقها العملُ.
وكلٌّ عملٍ خَواءُ، إلاّ إذا امتزج بالحب.
فإذا امتزج عملْك بالحبٍّ فقد و...more
الحق
الجمال
الخير
الحب
الحياة
العمل
العطاء
الحرية
الزواج
الصداقة
الموت
" ولقد نُبَّئتم أيضا أن الحياة ظلام، حتى أصبحتم
تردّدون من فرط الإنهاك ما يقوله المنهكون.
ولعَمْرى إن اَلحياة ظلام، إلاّ إذا صاحَبَها الحافزُ
وكلُّ حافزٍ ضريرٌ، إلاّ إذا اقترنَ بالمعرفة.
وكلٌّ معرفة هباءٌ، إلاّ إذا رافقها العملُ.
وكلٌّ عملٍ خَواءُ، إلاّ إذا امتزج بالحب.
فإذا امتزج عملْك بالحبٍّ فقد و...more
أول مرة سمعت فيها عن الكتاب كانت منذ مايقارب 7 سنوات في المرحلة الثانوية من أحد الأصدقاء. فبدأتُ وقتها في رحلة البحث عن "النبي" وباءت جميع محاولاتي بالفشل. بعدها نسيت الكتاب -أو تناسيته- إلى أن ثارت ثائرتي في فترة من الفترات بحثاً عنه مرة أخرى, لكني للأسف لم أجده. ومن محاسن الصدف -وبعد أن نسيته فعلاً- لمحته في معرض الكتاب 2009, لحظتها وقفت عند الكتاب, أمسكته بيدي, وشعرت بإحساس غريب مصحوب بإبتسامة لاإرادية. كيف لا وقد كنت أبحث عنه منذ 7 سنوات. اشتريته مباشرة حتى بدون تفكير!
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A few years ago my husband was in a van pool. The people in this D.C. bound van pool took turns driving the van while the others rode in the back. One day my husband's friend was driving and got a speeding ticket. (He was going 80 in a 65, just like everyone does on Interstate 95). Well, the guy was upset that he got caught doing what anyone else would have been doing if they had been driving so he asked if people could help him pay the ticket. My husband was one of two people in the pool of 15...more
شاید بگید دیوانه ای که به این کتاب دو ستاره داده ای ... اما من آن دو ستاره را هم به قسمت دیوانه اش دادم.
از فصل پیامبرش حوصله ام سر رفت. تصور کنید پیامبری در لحظه ای که منتظر کشتیش است شروع کند یکریز مردم را نصیحت کند. و مردم یکی به یک سئوالهای احمقانه بپرسند و جوابهای احمقانه بگیرند. میدانم که توبیخم میکنید اما تنها نظری که میتوانم درباره این کتاب بدهم همین است. قسمت دیوانه اش را بیشتر دوست دارم.
انتخابم برای مطالعه این کتاب از آنجا بود که یکی از دوستان ادیب قدیمی ام در دنیای مجازی ه...more
از فصل پیامبرش حوصله ام سر رفت. تصور کنید پیامبری در لحظه ای که منتظر کشتیش است شروع کند یکریز مردم را نصیحت کند. و مردم یکی به یک سئوالهای احمقانه بپرسند و جوابهای احمقانه بگیرند. میدانم که توبیخم میکنید اما تنها نظری که میتوانم درباره این کتاب بدهم همین است. قسمت دیوانه اش را بیشتر دوست دارم.
انتخابم برای مطالعه این کتاب از آنجا بود که یکی از دوستان ادیب قدیمی ام در دنیای مجازی ه...more
A surrogate Bible, this prophetic book looks forward to every corner of our experience and gives words of simple guidance and celebration. Written in 1925 by Lebanese author Khalil Gibran, The Prophet is a blend of Arabic philosophy and Christian Doctrine. In the novel, the Stranger Almustafa is about to depart the city of Orphalese on a ship. The people of the city crowd before him, asking for council before his assumption. He addresses such issues as Work, Marriage, Death and Love with clarity...more
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Khalil Gibran (born Gubran Khalil Gubran; Arabic جبران خليل جبران , January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon mutasarrifate), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary care...more
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“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.”
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“When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth......
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself."
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully.”
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But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself."
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully.”
