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Khalil Gibran

Love is a Magic Ray

Love is a magic ray
emitted from the burning core
of the soul
and illuminating
the surrounding earth.
 
It enables us
to perceive life
as a beautiful dream
between one awakening
and another.

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Maria Do Céu Pires Costa Robert L. Martin
Altre opere di Khalil Gibran ...
The Playground of Life

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…
The Lightning Flash

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…
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On Eating and Drinking

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,…
Song of Fortune

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,
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A Visit From Wisdom

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…
A Lover's Call

Where are you, my beloved? Are yo… Paradise, watering the flowers who… As infants look upon the breast of… Or are you in your chamber where t… Virtue has been placed in your hon…
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The House of Fortune

My wearied heart bade me farewell… And my heart spoke to the daughter… And the daughter of Love responde… Fortune craves not Contentment, f… The eternal soul is never contente…
The Dancer

Once there came to the court of th… She danced the dance of flames, an… After this she stood before the th… And the dancer bowed again before…
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Song of the Rain

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…
On Teaching

No man can reveal to you aught but… The teacher who walks in the shado… If he is indeed wise he does not b… The astronomer may speak to you of… The musician may sing to you of th…
The Broken Wings: Chapter Ten - the Rescuer

Five years of Selma’s marriage pa… A barren woman is looked upon with… The substantial man considers his… A tree grown in a cave does not be… The nightingale does not make his…
The Scarecrow

Once I said to a scarecrow, ‘You… lonely field.’ And he said, ‘The joy of scaring… never tire of it.’ Said I, after a minute of thought…
On Buying and Selling

To you the earth yields her fruit,… It is in exchanging the gifts of t… Yet unless the exchange be in love… When in the market place you toile… Invoke then the master spirit of t…
The Widow and Her Son

Night fell over North Lebanon and… In a lone house near those village… A terrible roar of thunder shook t… ”Be brave, my boy. Nature smiles… “Sleep, my dear child; your father…
The Broken Wings: Foreword

I was eighteen years of age when l… Selma Karamy was the one who taug… Every young man remembers his firs… In every young man’s life there is… I was deeply engrossed in thought…



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