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Permalink Reply by Michel on March 24, 2013 at 3:29pm

Great idea! I'm a big fan.

Permalink Reply by Ali on March 24, 2013 at 4:02pm

haha thanks! & enjoy.

Permalink Reply by Chris on November 2, 2013 at 7:55pm

I see Google posting laundry soap advertizements for this video. How racist is that?

Permalink Reply by Michel on March 24, 2013 at 3:38pm

From all eras..

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Permalink Reply by Hope on March 24, 2013 at 6:28pm

je ve vivre ( cheb faudel)

Dedicated to you Michel =)

Permalink Reply by Chris on April 11, 2014 at 1:23am

Great music.,

Permalink Reply by Ali on March 24, 2013 at 4:00pm

Give me the flute and sing
For singing is a secret of existence
And the wailing of the flute remains
After the vanishing of the world

Have you taken the forest, like me
As a home, instead of palaces
So have you followed the waterfalls
And climbed the rocks

Have you bathed in fragrance
And were you dried by light
Have you drank the dawn as wine
From cups of ether?

Have you sat in the afternoon
Like me, between grab vines
And the clusters hanged
Like chandeliers of gold?

Have you taken the grass as bed
And the space as blanket
Humbled of what’s coming
Forgetting what has passed?
Give me the flute and sing

And forget the illness and the medicine
For people are lines,
Written, but by water!

Permalink Reply by Michel on March 24, 2013 at 4:20pm

Who's poem is this?

Permalink Reply by Ali on March 24, 2013 at 5:01pm

Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 - 1931) philosopher, Agnostic, Arab nationalist (also Pro-individualism) and humanitarian and he was one of the arab expatriate. he wrote "The Prophet" translated into over forty languages"

Complex he is, indeed

Permalink Reply by Chris on October 29, 2013 at 2:19am

He's my favorite poet. Thanks for mentioning him

Permalink Reply by Ali on October 29, 2013 at 4:12am

haha you're welcome.
Have you ever heard of Elia Abu Madi?

I do not know

l came ,l don't know from where or how l came to be l am, or why l came ?l don't know!
l saw a path in front of me l began to walk,l must keep on walking willingly or unwillingly ,whether l agree or not.
How did l came to be? How did l sighted my way? l can't perceive the matter ,l don't know!
Am l new or am l old in this existence ?
Am l free or am l a captive in confinement?
Do l lead myself or l am being lead ?
l wish l knew ,but l don't know,l don't know!
l must coincide , but why ? l don't know!
III - Is my journey a rough one? Is it a long one?
Is it a short unpredictable one?
Am l walking or time is doing the walking for me ?
l don't know,l don't know!
IV- l saw stars ,but l don't know why they are irradiate ?
l saw the clouds ,but l don't know why they are sending out the rain?
l saw the forest with the trees ,but l don't know why they bear fruit after they bloom?
Are they like me ?they don't know why they came to be?l don't know!
l remember nothing of my past life,l can't predict my coming years.
l know l have a self ,but l don't know what it is?
So when would myself knows itself ,l don't know!
VI- l see a struggle going on within me .
l see myself as the devil then as an angel.
Bad and good battling inside my mind.
Why they keep on fighting ? Why they can't get along ?
l don't know ,l don't know!
Where are my cries and my laughter ?
Where are my sadness and my joy?
Am l sane or am l insane ?
Did l loss every thing ,but how it happened?
l don't know l don't know!
Am l going to be send back after my death?
Old or young,am l going to know myself?
Or am l to be no more? l don't know ,l don't know!


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The poem is very long with a lot of dialogue , but I can not find a full English version . I found this short version from here: http://www.poemhunter.com

Permalink Reply by Chris on October 29, 2013 at 7:23pm

Thanks for letting me know about Elia Abu Madi I'm reading about him now.

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