Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Kahlil Gibranwas a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 January 1883
CityBsharri, Lebanon
CountryLebanon
quiver strings
As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.
shadow sun turns
You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.
heritage deny
He who denies his heritage, has no heritage
grieving rivers silence
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
friendship best-friend sweet
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
history mind doe
History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.
farewell eye kissing
We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers over our throats, one weeping and the other laughing hideously. As I took Selma's hand and put it to my lips, she came close to me and placed a kiss on my forehead, then dropped on the wooden bench. She shut her eyes and whispered softly, "Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings!
prayer laughing soul
if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing
judgement tears chains
Harlots shall be made pure by their own tears. But you publicans shall be held down by the chains of your own judgement.
made tombs
You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.
assigned cute-love dream fulfil furthest intimate keeping labour life love loving sweet-love truth work
When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.
body less meet sun wind
Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment
punishing thieves
What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?
burned cup deeper holds joy sorrow wine
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?