A Tear and a Smile

Kahlil Gibran

1883 to 1931

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And the cloud floats above the hills and valleys
And pass as a cloud over the mountain of sorrow
A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding
Of life's secrets and hidden things.
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
To flow from my every part turn into laughter.
A tear to unite me with those of broken heart;
A tear and a smile.
And sleeps, embracing her longing.
The life of a flower is longing and fulfilment.
A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and
And the plains of joy to meet the breeze of death
And return whence it came.
For the joys of the multitude.
I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.
Satisfied the most wretched of people.
I would rather that I died in yearning and longing than that I live weary and despairing.
Until it meets the gentle breeze, then falls weeping
To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.
Together and are a cloud.
A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence.
To the fields and joins with brooks and rivers to return to the sea, its home.
The greater spirit to move in the world of matter
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
The life of clouds is a parting and a meeting.
I want the hunger for love and beauty to be in the
With evening's coming the flower folds her petals
A tear and a smile.
And so does the spirit become separated from
To the ocean of Love and Beauty----to God.
Depths of my spirit, for I have seen those who are
At morning's approach she opens her lips to meet
I have heard the sigh of those in yearning and longing, and it is sweeter than the sweetest melody.
The sun's kiss.
The waters of the sea become vapor and rise and come