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…
As night fell and the light glittered in the great house, the servants stood at the massive door awaiting the coming of the guests; and upon their velvet garments shown golden buttons. ...
You were born together, and togeth… You shall be together when the whi… Ay, you shall be together even in… But let there be spaces in your to… And let the winds of the heavens d…
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
I was, And I am. So shall I be to the end of time, For I am without end. I have cleft the vast spaces of th…
Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that...
In a few days, loneliness overcame me; and I tired of the grim faces of books; I hired a carriage and started for the house of Farris Effandi. As I reached the pine woods where people w...
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…
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
The month of Nisan had nearly passed. I continued to visit the home of Farris Effendi and to meet Selma in that beautiful garden, gazing upon her beauty, marvelling at her intelligence,...
A woman said unto a man, “I love… And the woman said, “You love me… And the man only gazed upon her an… Then the woman cried aloud, “I ha… And the man said, “Then it is als…
In the town where I was born live… walked in their sleep. One night, while silence enfolded… daughter, walking, yet asleep, met… And the mother spoke, and she said…
Marriage in these days is a mockery whose management is in the hands of young men and parents. In most countries the young men win while the parents lose. The woman is looked upon as a ...
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…
Would that you could live on the f… But since you must kill to eat, an… And let your board stand an altar… When you kill a beast say to him i… “By the same power that slays you,…