KHALIL GIBRAN THE PROPHET poetry ON MARRIAGE English Text EN
Khalil Gibran
The prophet
On marriage
(1923)
Arabic literature
poetry in prose
Original English text
The writer Khalil Gibran is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book “The Prophet”, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose, that inspired, from the sixties, the “New Age”.
Below, you can find the text of the prose poetry: “On marriage”, extracted from the book “the Prophet” by Khalil Gibran, in the original English language.
Below below, you can find the video, audio-book, of love poetry by Khalil Gibran: “On marriage” from the book “The prophet” read in English.
Good reading and good listening.
Kahlil Gibran All the poems > here
Index
The Prophet book
by Khalil Gibran
(with the link on yeyebook to where you can read them)
THE COMING OF THE SHIP
ON MARRIAGE
ON HOUSES
ON CLOTHES
ON BUYING AND SELLING
ON LAWS
ON FREEDOM
ON PAIN
ON SELF-KNOWLEDGE
ON TEACHING
ON TALKING
ON TIME
ON PRAYER
ON PLEASURE
ON BEAUTY
ON RELIGION
ON DEATH
THE FAREWELL
Khalil Gibran
The Prophet
On marriage
Original English text
Then Almitra spoke again and said,
And what of Marriage, master?
And he answered saying:
You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white
wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even
in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance
between you.
Love one another,
but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup
but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread
but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts,
but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life
can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow
not in each other’s shadow.
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Khalil Gibran – On marriage
from: The prophet (1923)
Arabic literature – poetry in prose
Original English text
Kahlil Gibran All the poems > here
Video Audiobook
Khalil Gibran – On marriage
