On Love
Forgive me, perhaps I’m cheating a bit here, because the original text of The Prophet was of course written in English, and because despite Gibran’s poetic writing style, the book is made up of ‘poetic essays’ rather than ‘poems’. My reasoning, therefore, is that it’s just too good to leave out, that Gibran is Lebanese, and that students of Arabic might find this a more enjoyable way to learn some new vocabulary than spending another lonely hour with the Hans Wehr dictionary.
Forgive me, perhaps I’m cheating a bit here, because the original text of The Prophet was of course written in English, and because despite Gibran’s poetic writing style, the book is made up of ‘poetic essays’ rather than ‘poems’. My reasoning, therefore, is that it’s just too good to leave out, that Gibran is Lebanese, and that students of Arabic might find this a more enjoyable way to learn some new vocabulary than spending another lonely hour with the Hans Wehr dictionary.
ترجمه الاغنيه
عندما يومئ إليكم الحبّ اتبعوه، حتى لو كانت طرقاته وعرة وشائكة
وإذا ما طواكم بأجنحته فاخضعوا له، رغم أن السيف الخبيء بين براثنه قد يجرحُكم. وعندما يكلّمكم، صدّقوه رغم أن صوته قد يحطّم أحلامكم
وإذا ما طواكم بأجنحته فاخضعوا له، رغم أن السيف الخبيء بين براثنه قد يجرحُكم. وعندما يكلّمكم، صدّقوه رغم أن صوته قد يحطّم أحلامكم
