The Prophet - Chapter 3 - Marriage

I was given my first copy of Khalil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ when I was about 16 years old by my drama teacher at the time.  I have since read it many times, bought other copies and given them to friends and acquaintances over the years.  It is a book to read and reflect upon its messages. I have found it so profound in different times of my life and also has given me much comfort.

It took Khalil Gibran 11 years to write this book and it is the first part of a trilogy – The Prophet, The Garden of the Prophet and The Death of the Prophet and are among about 25 books that he wrote.  ‘The Prophet’ is his most famous book and has sold millions of copies world wide. 

Khalil Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883 in a village called Bisharri and moved to America with his family in 1895 when he was 12 years old.  As a Poet, Artist and Writer, Khalil Gibran studied in Paris and then moved back to America. 

He passed away at the age of 48 in 1931 and his body was shipped back and cremated in Lebanon.

I hope you enjoy listening to ‘The Prophet’ and its messages as much as I enjoyed reading and reflecting on them. 

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Speaker 2 (01:31):
The Prophet by Khalil Gebraun Chapter three Marriage. Then al
Meetri spoke again and said, and what of marriage?

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Master?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
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

(02:10):
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.

(02:33):
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

(02:55):
the strings of a lout 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,

(03:18):
for the pillars of the temple stand apart, and the
oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.