The gold—hoarder walked in his palace park and with him walked his troubles. And over his head hovered worries as a vulture hovers over a carcass, until he reached a beautiful lake surr...
Love one another, but make not a b… Let it rather be a moving sea betw… Fill each other’s cup, but drink n… Give one another of your bread, bu… Sing and dance together and be joy…
In the stillness of night Wisdom… By my bed. She gazed upon me like… And wiped away my tears, and said:… The cry of your spirit and I am c… Open your heart to me and I shall…
In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, ‘Master, I am thy slave. Thy hidden will is my law and I s...
My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which the soul had blessed and worshipped, he commenced wondering, for he could not fin...
Your clothes conceal much of your… And though you seek in garments th… Would that you could meet the sun… For the breath of life is in the s… Some of you say,"It is the north…
Everything that a man does secretly in the darkness of night will be clearly revealed in the daylight. Words uttered in privacy will become unexpectedly common conversation. Deed which ...
Your pain is the breaking of the s… Even as the stone of the fruit mus… And could you keep your heart in w… And you would accept the seasons o… And you would watch with serenity…
Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and prairies the appearance of a great sheet of parchment upon whic...
Upon a lonely mountain, there live… and loved one another. Now these two hermits had one eart… possession. One day an evil spirit entered int…
Let me sleep, for my soul is intox… Let me rest, for my spirit has had… Light the candles and burn the inc… Scatter leaves of jasmine and rose… Embalm my hair with frankincense a…
The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants of lightning, but now silence prevailed...
I would not exchange the sorrows o… For the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears th… To flow from my every part turn in… I would that my life remain a tear…
Leave me, my blamer, For the sake of the love Which unites your soul with That of your beloved one; For the sake of that which
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which y… And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into… Is not the cup that holds your win…