Wednesday, April 18, 2007

On Love

"Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

When you love you should not say,
"God is in my heart," but rather,
" I am in the heart of God."

And think not you can direct the course of love,
For love, if it finds you worthy,
Directs your course"

... The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran

3 comments:

  1. awwwwww..suweet..

    my fave part from it is in 'on friendship':

    When you part from your friend, you grieve not;

    For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

    :)

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  2. Salam,
    there is a kind of sweet sadness as I read the last line:
    "And think not YOU can direct the course of love,
    For love, if it finds YOU worthy,
    Directs your course"...

    I hope I am worthy... T_T
    May Allah direct my course towards "worthiness"...

    Wallahu a'alam...

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