Defeat - Kahlil Gibran (A Life Changing Poem for Dark Times)

Read by Shane Morris
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Kahlil Gibran was the key figure in a Romantic movement that transformed Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Full Poem:
Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.
Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.
Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.
Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.
Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.

[@loknathbattula9482]

Victory is sweetest when you have known defeat.

[@yvonnemarshall7416]

Wow I lovd that Victory is sweetest when you have known defeat Big thank for sharing Yvonne million Cornwall England

[@sunshine-om7jg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqezaKJ_a72Je9k I hope you would like this poem too

[@beluga2841]

That is the antithesis of what gibran is trying to say

[@storminghades6664]

victory is never remembered doesn't teach you anything other than rising your ego up a level and build a confidence without simplicity victory is shallow u wont get gibran not ur cup of tea

[@cosmosadorabilis7677]

This has nothing to do with what he's saying.

[@wisdom10x17]

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” ― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

[@stobbinsboy]

dope

[@AssieChi69]

"Known" and home-sick always 💜🙏🏼

[@moonkraab]

Whoever brought me here, must bring me home- RUMI.

[@RaiiiL]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un Arabic, translated: we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return For the resistant foul, that think God isn't Allah, here i changed it for you so you can understand it easier.................................. :we belong to God, and indeed, to Him we return

[@alphascorpius]

Indeed, doesn't seem to be on Earth

[@Aetium]

Khalil Gibran is truly one of the greatest poets to have ever lived, his wording and cadence, the meaning of every sentence he wrote, his understanding of humanity and life itself, truly a master of his craft, a prophet through and through.

[@barefoottravelingmonkey143]

Amen brother

[@that_lebanese4747]

His name is gebran gebran , Khalil is his father's name in Lebanon your father's name is your middle name technically Khalil gebran is his father

[@user-yv5dx9xz3h]

He is name Gibran khalil gibran

[@Aetium]

@@user-yv5dx9xz3h did you have a stroke?

[@Aetium]

@@that_lebanese4747 ok...he went by Khalil Gibran though so that's what I'm going with

[@jumpingship1362]

Your opponent is not necessarily your enemy, your opponent is like a friend that will show you your strengths and weaknesses. -Bruce Lee

[@tincandriver7076]

When Optimus Prime isn't saving the world he reads poetry

[@deborahvictoriaedwards5188]

He's busy, I'm here in His stead ✝️🙏💜🌈

[@ameen_was_here4958]

Lol

[@atashakgem]

A life without poetry, is a culture less life: T S Eliot

[@muzungchimr3527]

100 points for your humor

[@AMOLPRAKASH8912]

😅🙌

[@evphex]

What a poet. Incredible. Let us all be dangerous.

[@sunshine-om7jg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqezaKJ_a72Je9k I hope you would like this poem too

[@lawdogwales5921]

Yes, let us stand in the sun, and let us be dangerous!

[@frankjones2225]

That always make me smile and smirk..in a all or nothing..joker way but also with that feeling of one more min in the ring of life

[@mare2723]

And let us stand peacefully resolute in the beauty of the rain.

[@secretsofrumi]

very good ✋

[@sandrashin9502]

"Defeat" is indeed the least likable word for people of social media age, yet it is one of the Most Powerful Poems I have ever heard today!

[@janed7774]

Yes

[@AnitaSingh-sp7yr]

The value of defeat is being realised in being shown in socail media

[@gravesidepoet5405]

Try anybody in any time period.

[@ashukaushik9266]

When you are defeated by life, these words pierce your heart like anything.

[@ECLECTICSS]

+This is true. And maybe you are partly meaning here, that it expands your view so that you can see what is happening through another lens of meaning.

[@nhessserrano3603]

Could somebody pls tell me what does " defeat, my defeat " mean? 🥺

[@user-eg6jo4ke5f]

I feel this way

[@DadePomsouvan]

Defeating one's own ego makes one humble and rather respectful!

[@deborahvictoriaedwards5188]

Exactly, makes for better people, love and Light 💖🙏🔥 Cheers 🤳 Bee 🕊️🌈🐝

[@lilafeldman8630]

Yes.

[@aliprey7047]

@@davidgood7621 - mindboggling fact. Love it, great wordplay.

[@bernadetteprudencio1032]

Your words were so beautiful. Here in USA, & everyone is fighting. I'm so sad.....

[@pennypiper7382]

Dade Pomsouvan ..exactly my thoughts. 👍🙏❤️

[@fadelk.7430]

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars... GKG

[@marydonald483]

This is one of my favourite quote always 👌👍🙏👏

[@sunshine-om7jg]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqezaKJ_a72Je9k I hope you would like this poem too

[@debbieestherperez7115]

Truth. Its when The Alighty holds one up to then become his warriors.solitude is love for all.

[@Navneet07860]

I love this quote

[@libra.]

I listen to this every once in a while, gives me hope for myself.

[@samsiah2359]

I've never felt so defeated like this today.. Everyone betrayed me.. And I found this vid in my recommendation.

[@seanmcgregor3658]

Also myself Sam x

[@mikegs400]

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[@salmanakber6368]

You are not alone :)

[@zaiddababneh2039]

Your voice sounds like it can cause ripples in a lake, truly astonishing.

[@godddd.6857]

I didn’t find it comfortable 🤔

[@murderhill1947]

@@godddd.6857 Perhaps that is what is so powerful about this reading. You have to sit up and listen and not be distracted. You would feel uncomfortable if you did not give it your full attention. All due respect, and just an opinion here. If it were a woman's voice, a good strong one, would that make a difference?

[@atashakgem]

Do you know who is reading?

[@seanmcgregor3658]

@@atashakgem Optimus Prime :)

[@smartin8247]

@@atashakgem Shane Morris

[@irbaayani12]

This is what a lion would sound like if it could speak.

[@sshaoor7772]

Irba Ayani so true

[@NoName-ie3li]

Yeah, a bit like Aslan from Narnia.

[@desertcafe]

The lion can speak. It is we who do not know how to listen.

[@chom09]

You made my day with your comment

[@ig_itsaugi4138]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vidyeshwarprasad6895]

"Defeat, my defeat. My solitude and my aloneness.. My self-knowledge and defiance.. My shining sword and shield.. My bold companion.. My deathless courage.. " Great motivational lines providing refreshing perspective n insight.Defeat is the springboard for future endeavours..it helps in unlocking one's potential n paving way for success despite odds.. And OMG, such a powerful voice!!

[@storminghades6664]

What a man of taste and intellect you are if you are reading it in your early 20s I believe you will have vitality and deathless courage in your entire life.

[@judithitse7026]

What about women?

[@judithitse7026]

@@turkmilleti2130 I understand men and women are fundamentally different, but we too need deathless courage and vitality for our own feminine endeavors. Wouldn't you agree?

[@judithitse7026]

@@turkmilleti2130 Nigeria. You?

[@judithitse7026]

@@turkmilleti2130 Hardly.

[@judithitse7026]

@@turkmilleti2130 I could make do. Facebook is almost out of the question.

[@theknightwriter9766]

Was this narrated by a mountain? My God that voice! Great poem.

[@khalilkingsley241]

What a metaphor lol.

[@mudambadenis2842]

Haha exactly...the deep voice can move mountains.

[@royferguson3909]

I enjoy your enthusiasm sir

[@royferguson3909]

@@mudambadenis2842 it can chop a mountain in to two parts..with one swoop ( I wager )

[@nataliamatelski7595]

I really enjoyed you're comment. I laughed so much!

[@abx6539]

I learned from this: losing is liberating and brings humble hearts, once we accept it. Thanks Deknown

[@murtadah6327]

Ab X: And that, defeat is the best companion to be retained and not looked down upon with disgrace.

[@PabluchoViision]

“Bred to a harder thing than Triumph...” (W.B. Yeats, from “To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing”)

[@practicalphilosophy9031]

nice

[@murtadah6327]

Vivek Amar: This poem is all about encountering such experiences. Yours is too small an occurrence in deceit or whatever you would call it, to get accommodated in the expanse of these lines. Try to read or watch it at least 10 times and you would feel satisfied and shall overcome your gloomy feelings. Best of luck and prayers.

[@murtadah6327]

Vivek Amar: Please listen to the song from an old movie "Patita" having lyrics "hain sabse madhur woh geet jinhen, hum dard ke sur mein gaatey hain..." written by late Shailendra ji. Perhaps it might console you a tad.

[@bazalmighty]

This is wondrous. There is no shame in defeat. It is where wisdom and humility resides if you look closely within it enough. We learn from defeat so embrace it and don't let go. Some may scorn your defeat and some may even shun you and yet this judgmental ego may be their defeat. But it is a defeat they may not see and learn from because that's the consequence of ego, and ego is the opposite of humility. Our defeats are our life lessons, and our failures would only be in not learning from them.

[@dusanoljaca2585]

very well said

[@frankjones2225]

Sitting all alone,, feeling alone that the days forward seems darker by the day yet i laugh out loud in cue and nod in agreement but this gives me hope to endure..laugh more feel more and shut that dark quiet in me.

[@renevelez5717]

Defeat. The strongest foundation of life.

[@meerspoetry]

Well said

[@manjurhasanchisti2264]

I am speechless. What a poem ! What a recitation! It just shaken the root of me.

[@iankclark]

I am finding solace in listening to this somehow. To embrace my humbled circumstance and yet... feel ennobled by the stripped-down immediacy of my experience, the doggedness of my soul to endure the burning of its own flame, the pluripotency of unencumbered being.

[@josphellihsilak4588]

This one and "how did you die?" I think are some of the most beautifully spoken words I've ever heard.

[@pennypiper7382]

The Heretic is also a beautiful poem.

[@iankclark]

@@pennypiper7382 I'll check it out

[@iankclark]

@@pennypiper7382 this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q327p5yEbZJsjJo

[@6Sisu9]

I've listened to this once a day everyday for the past year.

[@xxfox]

and what happened?

[@naimadildar8856]

I can listen to gibran's poetry for my entire life without getting tired. He was indeed a man with great perspectives. He had an ability to express feelingz through word in a best way possible. His poetry is my comfort.❤️✨🖤

[@mintoo2cool]

Definitely a perspective changer. Never thought of defeat to be a friend... a gem of a poem for sure.

[@Donna-cc1kt]

bbababonbon..bonfire! Who fails more than the genius, the inventor, the expert? Perfection requires defeat.

[@rosannakirwan1297]

Yes reminds me of The Dark Night ifthe Soul

[@hassanajam6079]

Kahlil Gibran was the key figure in a Romantic movement that transformed Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century

[@bennettbullock9690]

What I love about him is that he not only is a great Arabic poet, but a great American poet at the same time. He somehow picked up on the faint echoes of Semitic poetics in American culture which echoed through the centuries through the King James Bible, Milton, and revived that strain, made it sing out strong in a shockingly modern and fresh way. A meeting of two worlds.

[@snowyhappiness5]

@@bennettbullock9690 how beautiful is your discription🌼

[@bennettbullock9690]

@@snowyhappiness5 Shukran habiibi

[@mohammadshahzeb458]

@Hassan Brother You just copy/pasted the Description. Like Why?

[@hassanajam6079]

@@mohammadshahzeb458 not everyone know

[@mattreay7265]

I've just discovered this poem for the first time and I am blown away by this utter, utter work of absolute art. What incredible words.

[@animeshkumar904]

Khalil Gibran you live in my heart. You always give me hope.

[@onlyjames702]

😭😭Defeat, my Defeat My bold companion That hit hard👏🏾

[@Deepz1412]

Liberating ... for dark times and devastating griefs .

[@alamgirs.l.missiontrust3648]

Yes..loosing myself and going to deep down in search of own courage. Unknown courage. Unknown battle. But known everything.

[@Deepz1412]

🙏

[@pamelars7497]

What a deep voice, vibrates inside my chest. Lovely reading 🥰 Poetry and arts are saving my sanity these days. Thank you

[@jumpingship1362]

Blessings and love Pamela

[@googleit1370]

Every recitation feels as if it were a friend trying to help you go through with difficult times by sharing his thoughts with you.

[@Rocky57260]

I donno how to thank him for writing this...this poem is a masterpiece that shall live by,inspiring many like it did to me..

[@BEKNOWN]

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[@breakingnewsclass]

Thank you, high quality job!!

[@akiinefaexperiencinglife]

I love it

[@kyupified2440]

We need more, please.

[@BEKNOWN]

@@kyupified2440 more to come!

[@VerifyTheTruth]

Khalil Has Some Good Words Of Wisdom And Insight.

[@monicacampbell4600]

I feel the savage ache of defeat acutely in these words. Thank God for those who go before us and sprinkle our paths with the flowers of wisdom they learned behind them...

[@emilcioran6828]

I am not afraid of being alone anymore.

[@trish8321]

Shane Morris could read the dictionary and I would still listen.

[@faathee8740]

My childhood love. His poetry on children totally freed me from limiting thoughts of parents- children relationship. It was 1 page but oh so powerful. I recommend him around.

[@ryf3658]

@Shazia Hatoon in his book the prophet.

[@faathee8740]

@Shazia Hatoon Hey Love, It's from the book, the Prophet .. Copy pasted.. "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far. Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable." .... You can also google it.

[@foxonrunspotoneverywhere795]

R YF OMG I have this book original print 1923. Love ❤️

[@foxonrunspotoneverywhere795]

mae she That's why when I clicked on this and the poem started, I knew.

[@oneworldmusicpodcast2369]

Yes! The Prophet is an absolutely faith, hope and love restoring book. I am truly fascinated by this amazing man's work. Hearing this poem makes me feel so great. God bless you.

[@luismedina1135]

One of my favourite poems from my favourite book ever: Gibran's The Madman.

[@viloanann6356]

Sir , this is the way of philosophy there is a deep huge space in poetry if it touches the soul how calm splendid it feel like real meaning of nothingness ✍✍✍

[@BaraCerna]

I have rarely been hit with words of such depth. Crying

[@cancerchemoandcannabis]

My favorite poem and poet. 🙏🇨🇦 This will be read at my funeral as it describes my life.

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

There is nothing more beautiful, powerful than to find true acceptance of one's circumstance and to be content with it.

[@MsFreedom9111]

Love the way he says we shall be dangerous. Get me chills

[@MsFreedom9111]

yeah

[@samkun3297]

I have to get more of this ,so tomorrow I'm getting "The Prophet " at my local book store, what a better way to support all beauties of this world,and make sure they always stay with us for our kids and new generations that will come after we're long gone.

[@jamesam003]

Did you get it,

[@samkun3297]

@@jamesam003 next Monday they had to order , but I can wait , pleasure delayer.

[@jamesam003]

It's an amazing read. Speaks to something deeper than the mind, deeper than logic and intellect. Enjoy, whenever you get it

[@sofihanief007]

Poem is like a Gem, and voice is like this Gem surrounded by Pearls.

[@genieharden612]

These words fall on me perfectly today. The more I surrender, the freer I feel.

[@SuprabhaSuzanne]

thank you so much, I always loved him as the doorway to Sufism, long ago reading him as an 18 year old in the 1960's of course not fully understanding all the nuances but drawn to his poetry.. Shanti to all

[@jumpingship1362]

You may enjoy at the temple door read by Rosco on youtube by Gibran.

[@joshuajames1998]

Well u shud also knw he was a Christian not anything related to sufism I believe

[@normaparfitt2614]

Not read this poem before, so glad to have done so now.

[@adrianesmenos1760]

I have known this poem for nearly 2 years, and is still powerful everytime I listen to it. On days that I feel like fate has it out for me, and people are so cruel I listen to this. In my failures and misfortunes I listen to this. And when the shallow comforting of people seem to me like noise, I listen to this. Thank you sir for being here, for being the voice that can reach my freezing heart.

[@mohammadsabbirhossain1521]

Defeat,My Defeat.......... Really feel it in my heart.😔😔😔

[@radhikaraj5971]

his voice is amazing, it made the poem more meaningful.

[@igiem368]

Victory is sweetest when you have known the bitterness of defeat.

[@ritikanegi1604]

At 2:03 the voice modulation is phenomenal ❤️💫 "And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings" This voice knows the art of pause, modulation, intensity, diction & articulation.

[@jenkinsj9224]

man I wish to meet this Shane Morris before the end of my lifetime!

[@theunbreaking]

We learn the most from out “defeats” and It’s what we take away from it and how we pick our selves up and move on weathering the storm that matters

[@ajaypoudel8248]

This is an ageless piece of legendary art.

[@mosestwinkle7922]

Exactly!

[@user-pq1lr4yv9e]

Exactly

[@shabnamhadizadeh4897]

I love this man voice,he rattled my heart and I was crying when he spoke and I felt I am walking in the beautiful forest and forgot every pain that I could suffer from it in this world

[@Lagunaseca13]

There will never be enough words to describe what this poem has done for me, and continues to do for me.

[@1234Daan4321]

Shane Morris really has the best possible voice for this purpose.

[@adityasurve8106]

Defeat, what a powerful life poetry by Khalil Gibran. Truly, meaningful, powerful, and heart touching phrases, My Defeat.👍👍👍 A very powerfully recited.👍👍👍

[@theuv143]

Literally just literally.... it gave strong goosebumps...

[@giokerable]

The beauty in truly accepting defeat

[@amarendraborah6941]

"Success is not final ; failure is not fatal ! It's the courage to continue, that counts !" That's what Sir Winston Churchill had said !

[@amarendraborah6941]

Propriety demands that one should better ascertain one's own status first, prior to raising an accusing finger on others ! Propriety further demands that one should also try to inculcate the habit of seeing goodness in others, as well ; instead of finding fault on every available opportunity, on the slightest of pretext, and at the drop of a hat ! It raises one's mental/spiritual level by several notches up !

[@pallavik5220]

What a voice that recited this beautiful poem that brought me on the verge of crying.

[@leilanipetranek3405]

Love Kahlil Gibran. Such an exalted Soul!

[@waqup4054]

The voice of my ancestors are as eternal as the dna we carry forward from the mouths of their spoken word. Wisdom and character impregnated through the journey of a thousand thousand souls. The lights that guide the way forward and the warriors that stand behind us. Thank you so much dear uncle for all the beauty and inspiration you have gifted to the world, and for the pride we feel in our hearts when your words are read and understood...Blessings.

[@It.sA_Fact]

That voice is like a thunder, though the only damage it causes is wakin' us up to deep knowledge and profound poetry. For those who haven't enjoyed another masterpiece by Kahlil Gibran, I recommend the animation - The Prophet. It keeps you glued to the screen to the last word.

[@paulgrant7197]

Gibran flips the script and channels Rumi in this beautifully read poem that embraces Defeat as a best companion

[@redefinedliving5974]

channels Rumi lol what a way to ruin smth so perfect

[@WOTMH]

whoever is voicing this has an epic voice, never have i heard someone with this voice.

[@xxfox]

The poem is pretty epic too.

[@vijaysahani3464]

What a golden voice! It really gives meaning to this beautiful poem.

[@harryhorn5282]

I've learned more from my failures than from any of my minor successes. In the end there are no winners. We all lose our lives whether we die rich or poor, alone or with many others.

[@neueremita2719]

This poem is the quiet echo you never knew you needed during trying times... - Its the second wind you need as you age from boy to man and face new challenges - Absolutely 💯 Beautiful and inspiring

[@harshadk3240]

Everytime I hear this I feel like magic happens and get Goosebumps

[@sonyasyeda]

Your voice is going through my heart as if a soul travels through clouds reaching higher places. 💕

[@fjordhellas4077]

Thank you for sharing such a gem. Gibran Khalil Gibran was monumental, not only in his native and gorgeous Lebanon, (a country I had the chance to discover eight years ago) but throughout the world.

[@TheFirstKind]

A billion likes! I truly envy the voice.

[@sahilsingh-qw6wz]

"Defeat",that brings me to your channel for enlightening the self.

[@elizabethwalters7741]

The most profoundly beautiful poem ever written

[@rocketsinghism]

Great philosopher Gibran tells one who ries and tries, is never defeated!

[@praveenmathew]

Thank you for taking an effort to put these contents. I love this channel. And please tell the gentleman that he has a magnificent voice.

[@mrobillard7553]

Beautiful! I used to have all of his books in my library and read regularly. His accompanying artwork was great as well, inspired by the spirit. I always hoped (and I'm not alone on this) that he would never be forgotten, so thank you!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

" Kahlil Gibran… the very name brings so much ecstasy and joy that it is impossible to think of another name comparable to him. Just hearing the name, bells start ringing in the heart which do not belong to this world. Kahlil Gibran is pure music, a mystery such that only poetry can sometimes grasp it, but only sometimes. You have chosen a man who is the most beloved of this beautiful earth. Centuries have passed; there have been great men but Kahlil Gibran is a category in himself. I cannot conceive that even in the future, there is a possibility of another man of such deep insight into the human heart, into the unknown that surrounds us. A poet is accidentally mystic. He has done something impossible. He has been able to bring at least a few fragments of the unknown into human language. He has raised human language and human consciousness as no other man has ever done. Through Kahlil Gibran, it seems all the mystics, all the poets, all creative souls have joined hands and poured themselves. Although he has been immensely successful in reaching people, still he feels it is not the whole truth, but just a glimpse. But to see the glimpse of truth is a beginning of a pilgrimage that leads you to the ultimate, to the absolute, to the universal. Another beautiful man, Claude Bragdon has said about Kahlil Gibran, a few beautiful words. He says, “His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life, else it could not have been so universal and so potent. But the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own.” I have always loved this statement of Bragdon, even though not agreeing with it. One need not agree with a beautiful flower; one need not agree with the sky full of stars - but one can still appreciate. I make a clear-cut distinction between agreement and appreciation - and a man is civilized if he can make the distinction. If he cannot make the distinction, he’s still living in a primitive, uncivilized state of consciousness. I agree in a sense, because whatever Bragdon is saying is beautiful; hence, my appreciation. But I cannot agree because whatever he is saying is simply guesswork. It is not his own experience. Have you noted? - he says, “His power came from some great reservoir of spirituality, of spiritual life, else it could not have been so universal and so potent.” It is rational, logical, but it has no roots in experience. He feels that something beyond the grasp of mind has come through Kahlil Gibran but he is not certain. And he cannot be certain, because it is not his experience. He is immensely impressed by the beautiful language; each word is a poetry unto itself. But he himself is unaware of that great reservoir of spirituality. He himself has not tasted it. He has loved Kahlil Gibran but he has not lived him. With me, the situation is totally different. Hence, there are a few things I would like to say to you before I make my commentaries on the statements of Kahlil Gibran. First, he is certainly a great poet, perhaps the greatest that has ever been born on the earth, but he is not a mystic; and there is a tremendous difference between a poet and a mystic. The poet, once in a while, suddenly finds himself in the same space as the mystic. In those rare moments, roses shower over him. On those rare occasions, he is almost a Gautam Buddha - but remember, I’m saying almost. These rare moments come and go. He’s not the master of those rare moments. They come like the breeze and the fragrance and by the time you have become aware - they are gone. A poet’s genius is that he catches those moments in words. Those moments come into your life too. They are free gifts of existence - or in other words, glimpses to provoke in you a search, to come to a moment when this space will become your very life, your blood, your bones, your marrow. You will breathe it, your heart will beat it. You will never be able to lose it, even if you want to. The poet is for moments a mystic, and the mystic is a poet forever."

[@DivideBy0]

One of the most gravitating poem I've ever heard intertwined in such a modulated voice. I can't help myself from subscribing for more.

[@user-uz3rp5uv1g]

Developing one’s character through your video’s is really fulfulling! Thank you sir.

[@million1828]

I'm glad that KZbin recommended me one of ur video (first video). Thank you so much thr. Videos are soo good and ur voice makes it more interesting.

[@jeremyreynolds8179]

This is my favorite poem.

[@ratnachoudhary888]

Got result of my competitive exam and I couldn't clear it even after 4th attempt that too by a gap of few marks . And this poem is making me stand alone and strong.

[@hrishid291]

UPSC?

[@cacampbell3654]

Yes! The potential to be “life-changing”!!! Thanks for this! I found it at a point when I was sinking deeper into the potential ignominy of defeat! 🤗

[@alexanderjohannesgibbert8906]

Just beautiful 😍, it's like having melted gold transformed into words!!

[@elusiveaqua]

These poems reach a whole new level with the regal voice of this man!

[@neliborba101]

Where there is defeat there was a battle. The reader of this poem knows how to impact with the intonation of his voice.

[@smon4164]

I love this poem. It's exactly what I need right now. I won't let anybody own my defeat. Only me, and me alone, can guide me to the light. Only my heart knows me.

[@gemini2332]

❤❤❤

[@secretsofrumi]

very good

[@rwritesforyou]

I'd be delighted if I could give you a thought through my poetry. I'd appreciate your feedback

[@TinkyLane.]

I love listening to his poetry and voice !

[@chanelwhite610]

I cry from my soul when this is read to me. Moving, is an understatement.

[@sandykang3308]

I don’t know,why would i cry as i listen this poem?

[@michaelfitzgerald1991]

that Beauitful if you Did , So Did i when i heard it first .

[@subijoyacharya3189]

These fews years have been darkest period of my times. My life has remained stagnated. Failure after failure in everything I did. I was feeling low than I found this.

[@ripcordace7258]

You shall be dangerous man. 💪🏿

[@pradeepdeviSri]

Writings of gibran shaped my mind and soul. Love and lots of heart for choosing one of his.

[@petrdvorak9655]

This is probably the best poem I've ever heard. Truly life-changing experience

[@sacredclown4179]

"the most beautiful things, are those that madness prompts, and reason writes"