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

Poems of Khalil Gibran

61. The Hymn Of Man 3/23/2010
62. The Life of Love XVI 1/1/2004
63. The Madman - His Parables and Poems 3/23/2010
64. The Palace and the Hut XXIX 1/1/2004
65. The Playground of Life XIX 1/1/2004
66. The Poet VIII 1/1/2004
67. The Scarecrow 3/23/2010
68. The Sleep-Walkers 3/23/2010
69. The Two Hermits 3/23/2010
70. The Widow and Her Son XXI 1/1/2004
71. The Wise Dog 3/23/2010
72. Time XXI 1/1/2004
73. Two Infants II 1/1/2004
74. Two Wishes XI 1/1/2004
75. Vision X 1/1/2004
76. War 3/24/2010
77. Work chapter VII 1/1/2004
78. Yesterday and Today XII 1/1/2004
79. Your Children 3/24/2010
80. Your pain is.... 3/24/2010

Freedom XIV

And an orator said, "Speak to us of Freedom."

And he answered:

At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,

Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.

Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff.

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