(January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931 / Bsharri)

poet Khalil Gibran
#15 on top 500 poets

Poems of Khalil Gibran

1. A Lover's Call XXVII 1/1/2004
2. A Poet's Death is His Life IV 1/1/2004
3. A Poet's Voice XV 1/1/2004
4. A Tear And A Smile 3/23/2010
5. A Visit From Wisdom 3/23/2010
6. Beauty XXV 1/1/2004
7. Before the Throne of Beauty XXVI 1/1/2004
8. Buying and Selling chapter XI 1/1/2004
9. Chapter 9 - The Seven Selves 3/23/2010
10. Children 7/8/2009
11. Children Chapter IV 3/29/2010
12. Clothes chapter X 1/1/2004
13. Crime and Punishment chapter XII 1/1/2004
14. Death XXVII 1/1/2004
15. Eating and Drinking chapter VI 1/1/2004
16. Freedom XIV 1/1/2004
17. Friendship IXX 1/1/2004
18. Giving chapter V 1/1/2004
19. God 3/23/2010
20. Good and Evil XXII 1/1/2004

Good and Evil XXII

And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil."

And he answered:

Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.

For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts, it drinks even of dead waters.

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