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

poet Khalil Gibran
#17 on top 500 poets

Poems of Khalil Gibran

21. Houses chapter IX 1/1/2004
22. Joy and Sorrow chapter VIII 1/1/2004
23. Laughter and Tears IX 1/1/2004
24. Laws XIII 1/1/2004
25. Leave Me, My Blamer XIII 1/1/2004
26. Let these be your desires 3/23/2010
27. Love 7/8/2009
28. Love Chapter II 3/29/2010
29. Love is a Magic Ray 3/23/2010
30. Love One Another 3/23/2010
31. Marriage 7/8/2009
32. My Friend 3/23/2010
33. On Death 3/23/2010
34. On Giving and Taking 3/23/2010
35. On Pain 1/1/2004
36. On Religion 3/23/2010
37. Pain 7/8/2009
38. Pain XVI 3/29/2010
39. Peace XVIII 1/1/2004
40. Pleasure XXIV 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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