Love One Another
Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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 the strings of a lute 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.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart.
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
36 comments:
Lovelyphotos and wonderful words.
I love the details in the pillar and love your sentiments as well! Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours! :)
I have long loved these words of Gibran on gauging the right distance in love, the closeness without the intrusion, the Rilkean protection of the other's solitude. Just like the two banks of a river or two columns of a temple, neither the river or temple will continue to exist if the banks or columns are too far apart or too close together.
Beautifully illustrated with your macro shots.
Wow that's the ultimate of giving oneself! Loe your Corinthian pillar -Happy Valentine's day:)
Not your heart of stone I hope :-)
Hearts everywhere today.
Well Lorenzo gives a perfect tie in with your chosen photo prompt! I LOVE Gibran and his words I hold dear to my heart. Perfect day to choose this posting! Thank you (and for the kind words on my blog!)
Wow! This is just phenomenal!
Love the wonderful detail and texture.
I wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day!
Khalil Gibran...ahhhh. His poetry is true. Nice to see this piece along with your striking photographs. I may appropriate this poem and give to my husband as I think we have managed to achieve what Gibran tells us to strive for.
happy V day!
Well now....just look at that?!!! A heart in macro. How so very perfect for today.
♥ the details! Happy Valentine's Day!
Touching message and lovely photos for
Valentine's Day. ♡
Really beautiful!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Beautiful quote! The pictures are perfect.
You are really something! I never would have thought to find hearts in the capital ornamentation of a column. And then Gibran's poem, yes, so perfectly paired, and also strikingly like the Rilke for Valentine's Day as Lorenzo pointed out.
Brilliant.
Beautiful words a lovely heart images Dutchbaby! For Noelle's going away last week, I read a Khalil Gibran poem about friendship, I was looking through a lot of his work and rereading many works, including Love One Another. His words really get to me, too!
Hope your day is the best yet~
xox
Constance
Stunning images, DB, for this special day. And the poem you chose is one of my favorites of all time!
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous - the words and the images.
Very nice and unusual images! Molto brava! :)
Dear Elisabeth,
Thank you for your visit and your kind words. Welcome to Dutchbaby!
Dear tchesney,
Thank you; I hope you had a great Valentine's Day as well.
Dear Lorenzo,
Exactly! Closeness without intrusion and protection of solitude are the secrets to a successful relationship.
Thank you for elaborating on Gibran's philosophy.
Dear jeannette,
I've always found that in giving, you end up receiving so much more.
I hope you had a great Valentine's holiday.
Dear jo,
Gosh I hope not! Only if it means that it will endure.
Dear Margaret,
Yes, that Lorenzo is a smart one! I love Gibran too. My husband chose all Gibran quotes for our wedding readings.
Dear lisa,
Thank you. I hope you enjoyed your Valentine's Day too.
Dear California Girl,
Congratulations on striking that balance with your husband. I think my husband and I have too. Gibran writes a similar piece about our children too.
Dear HOOTIN' ANNI,
Yes, it was cliche, but I couldn't resist.
Dear Kala,
Thanks for your visit and comment.
Dear CC,
Glad you like them :-)
Dear Susan,
You're sweet!
Dear Marilyn,
Thank you!
Dear Ruth,
I see these pillars on the way to class every Saturday, so I had multiple chances to observe them. I was thrilled to find the Gibran poem to accompany the images. I'm going to run over to your Rilke blog now.
Dear Constance,
Your posts about your dear friend's departure are heartwarming and you are a dear friend to send her off so gloriously. You are living the life Gibran describes.
Dear Ginny,
Thank you! Do you and Astrid celebrate Valentine's Day in Holland?
Dear Relyn,
Thank you. It's always so nice to see you here!
Cara dona,
Grazie mille!
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