I am dotted silver threads dropped… By the gods. Nature then takes me… Her fields and valleys. I am beautiful pearls, plucked fro… Crown of Ishtar by the daughter o…
As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena of the atmosphere, looking through ...
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…
I was eighteen years of age when love opened my eyes with its magic rays and touched my spirit for the first time with its fiery fingers, and Selma Karamy was the first woman who awaken...
Man and I are sweethearts He craves me and I long for him, But alas! Between us has appeared A rival who brings us misery. She is cruel and demanding,
I am a kind word uttered and repea… By the voice of Nature; I am a star fallen from the Blue tent upon the green carpet. I am the daughter of the elements
One hour devoted to the pursuit of… And Love is worth a full century… Given by the frightened weak to th… From that hour comes man’s Truth;… During that century Truth sleeps…
Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn onto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of...
There was a Christian bishop in h… And the bishop looked upon the wom… And even as he spoke a bolt from t… And the men of the city came runni…
The God separated a spirit from Himself and fashioned it into Beauty. He showered upon her all the blessings of gracefulness and kindness. He gave her the cup of happiness and said, “Dr...
Have I spoken this day of aught e… Is not religion all deeds and all… And that which is neither deed nor… Who can separate his faith from hi… Who can spread his hours before hi…
You ask me how I became a madman.… before many gods were born, I woke… my masks were stolen,—the seven ma… seven lives,—I ran maskless throug… ‘Thieves, thieves, the cursed thie…
I am the lover’s eyes, and the spi… Wine, and the heart’s nourishment. I am a rose. My heart opens at da… The virgin kisses me and places me Upon her breast.
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 stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper: First Self: Here, in this madman, I have dwelt all these years, wit...