Reading more Gibran and found another beautiful thing he wrote :-)
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And now you ask in your heart, “How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?”
Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower,
But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee.
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life,
And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love,
And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees.
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Love Jessica
Thank you for the Blog Jessica, i read it throuh it and enjoy it so far :)
ReplyDeleteWhere did you learn about Jubran ?
Samuel
I found it on Internet :-)
ReplyDeleteWe can find anything there *smile*
Love Jessica
Hello Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI mean where and how did u hear about him (Gibran) first time ? :)
Samuel
Hi Samuel :-)
ReplyDeleteI found it on Internet when I was searching for some poems.
Love Jessica
I am so glad to see non-arabic speaker has interest in Gibran.
ReplyDeleteThis is a song, singing one of his finest poem, "give the flute and sing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJqu675Ino
Hope u enjoy it :)
Samuel
words :
Give me the flute, and sing
immortality lies in a song
and even after we've perished
the flute continues to lament
have you taken refuge in the woods
away from places like me
followed streams on their courses
and climbed up the rocks. Did you ever bathe in a perfume
and dry yourself with a light
drink the dawn as wine
rarefied in goblets of ether
give me the flute then and sing
the best of prayer is song
and even when life perishes
the flute continues to lament
have you spent an evening
as I have done
among vines
where the golden candelabra
clusters hang down
did you sleep on the grass at night
and let space be your blanket
abstaining from all that will come
forgetful of all that has passed
give the flute then and sing
in singing is Justice for the heart
and even after every guilt
has perished
the flute continues to lament
give the flute
and sing
forget illness and its cure
people are nothing but lines
which are scribbled on water.
Wonderful :-) I loved it :-)
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