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"On Love," a chapter in The Prophet (1923) by the Lebanese philosopher Kahlil Gibran [1883-1931].
The entire passage goes like this:
But if you would seek only love's pleasure, Then it is better for you to...pass out of love's domain, Into the outside world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.
This is from The Women(1939) and a portion of it is read out loud but I liked the whole thing so here it is.
The entire passage goes like this:
But if you would seek only love's pleasure, Then it is better for you to...pass out of love's domain, Into the outside world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.
This is from The Women(1939) and a portion of it is read out loud but I liked the whole thing so here it is.
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Date: 2008-09-30 01:26 am (UTC)From: