Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little
Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you
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The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and men deserted the streets for their houses in search of
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My soul gives life to the grapevine and I press its bunches and give the juice to the thirsty.
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I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
For the joys of the multitude.
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In the stillness of night Wisdom came and stood By my bed. She gazed upon me like a tender mother
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Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
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One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and directed my weary step to the spacious alley. I pursued the becko
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And a merchant said, "Speak to us of Buying and Selling."
And he answered and said:
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In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper:
First Self: Her
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And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, "Speak to us of Children." And he said:
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And the weaver said, "Speak to us of Clothes."
And he answered:
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Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment." And he answered saying:
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Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, "Speak to us of Eating and Drinking."
And he said:
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And an orator said, \
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And a youth said, \
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Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving." And he answered:
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In the ancient days, when the first quiver of speech came to my lips, I ascended the holy mountain and spoke unto God, saying, "Master,
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And one of the elders of the city said, \
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A mason came forth and said, \
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Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."
And he answered:
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As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena of the atm
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Then a lawyer said, \
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Leave me, my blamer,
For the sake of the love
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Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself
But if your love and must needs have desires,
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Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love." And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.
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Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?" And he answered saying:
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My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear--a
care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and th
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Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."
And he said:
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