Khalil Gibran

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A Lover's Call Xxvii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GH BIJ IKL MN DDO IPL QRS TUDV WX YMZ LA2B2C2 DD2 E2VF2WG2 H2I2J2 GK2L2 LN G2OM2 G2LBN2 F2L LL O2DW

Where are you my beloved Are you in that littleA
Paradise watering the flowers who look upon youB
As infants look upon the breast of their mothersC
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Or are you in your chamber where the shrine ofD
Virtue has been placed in your honor and uponE
Which you offer my heart and soul as sacrificeF
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Or amongst the books seeking human knowledgeG
While you are replete with heavenly wisdomH
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Oh companion of my soul where are you Are youB
Praying in the temple Or calling Nature in theI
Field haven of your dreamsJ
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Are you in the huts of the poor consoling theI
Broken hearted with the sweetness of your soul andK
Filling their hands with your bountyL
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You are God's spirit everywhereM
You are stronger than the agesN
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Do you have memory of the day we met when the halo ofD
You spirit surrounded us and the Angels of LoveD
Floated about singing the praise of the soul's deedO
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Do you recollect our sitting in the shade of theI
Branches sheltering ourselves from Humanity as the ribsP
Protect the divine secret of the heart from injuryL
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Remember you the trails and forest we walked with handsQ
Joined and our heads leaning against each other as ifR
We were hiding ourselves within ourselvesS
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Recall you the hour I bade you farewellT
And the Maritime kiss you placed on my lipsU
That kiss taught me that joining of lips in LoveD
Reveals heavenly secrets which the tongue cannot utterV
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That kiss was introduction to a great sighW
Like the Almighty's breath that turned earth into manX
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That sigh led my way into the spiritual worldY
Announcing the glory of my soul and thereM
It shall perpetuate until again we meetZ
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I remember when you kissed me and kissed meL
With tears coursing your cheeks and you saidA2
Earthly bodies must often separate for earthly purposeB2
And must live apart impelled by worldly intentC2
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But the spirit remains joined safely in the hands ofD
Love until death arrives and takes joined souls to GodD2
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Go my beloved Love has chosen you her delegateE2
Over her for she is Beauty who offers to her followerV
The cup of the sweetness of lifeF2
As for my own empty arms your love shall remain myW
Comforting groom you memory my Eternal weddingG2
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Where are you now my other self Are you awake inH2
The silence of the night Let the clean breeze conveyI2
To you my heart's every beat and affectionJ2
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Are you fondling my face in your memory That imageG
Is no longer my own for Sorrow has dropped hisK2
Shadow on my happy countenance of the pastL2
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Sobs have withered my eyes which reflected your beautyL
And dried my lips which you sweetened with kissesN
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Where are you my beloved Do you hear my weepingG2
From beyond the ocean Do you understand my needO
Do you know the greatness of my patienceM2
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Is there any spirit in the air capable of conveyingG2
To you the breath of this dying youth Is there anyL
Secret communication between angels that will carry toB
You my complaintN2
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Where are you my beautiful star The obscurity of lifeF2
Has cast me upon its bosom sorrow has conquered meL
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Sail your smile into the air it will reach and enliven meL
Breathe your fragrance into the air it will sustain meL
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Where are you me belovedO2
Oh how great is LoveD
And how little am IW

Khalil Gibran



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