OMG this is your voice Mary ?? You sound so cool --and so young LOL For some reason I did not think you sounded like this at all ! I have read some of Gibran but I have never read this before--- Liked it--but have to think about it a little bit now.. the ending in particular :-)) it's late.. LOL great job on this Mary !
I can't stop listening to this ... it just keeps playing over and over and over again..
Such a beautiful poem narrated by such a beautiful angelic voice, with that beautiful music in the back ground, it gave the poem a life of its own.
I find it sad though that this guy have lived alone all that time, with the fear of being a member of society... paranoid of having people understand him thus joining him or having him joining them thus -from his own POV- enslaving him.
It will just be like the society from which he ran away in the first place.
People never understood him and called him a mad man, but in fact in his own mind he was the only sane man of all. And who knows maybe it's not only in his mind. Maybe it's the truth as it is
With being understood and somewhat accepted for who he truly is for the first time ever that must have been both amazing and yet frightening at first..
"For those who understand us enslave something in us" I love that part... for it might be the truest line I've ever heard in my life ... such a charming poem and most of all ... your voice and the way you narrated it and the music in the back ground gave it a soul of its own ... giving it the ability to entice and charm those whom God blessed with the ability to hear for this particular moment to hear such a beautiful poem narrated in such a beautiful amazing way :)
Very nice presentation. I love your voice and the music behind it. Khalil Gibran is one of my favorite poets, but I've been out of touch with his poetry. This is a very beautiful production. I encourage you to do more.
if the thieves stole the masks and exposed the madman to the warm sun what was keeping him enslaved i did not understand that part how does the people keep him enslaved or is it his own self
i Believe he is talking about the ego here, you can do some research on seven mirror of the Essines, i think there is some correspondence to that. The first mirror is Judgement, and the rest I don't fully remember. He also talks about lifting the veil of ignorance, stepping out of the comfort zone , taking risks.
The way I see it Oscard1113 is what was keeping him enslaved was society. And now that he was lost his "mask" - he is thus free, he doesn't have to conform to their specific rules. He suddenly has freedom. And because he doesn't follow their rules, they see him as mad.
OMG this is your voice Mary ?? You sound so cool --and so young LOL For some reason I did not think you sounded like this at all ! I have read some of Gibran but I have never read this before--- Liked it--but have to think about it a little bit now.. the ending in particular :-)) it's late.. LOL great job on this Mary !
NewOrleansWoman 5 months ago
I've liked this poem for a long time, but this beautiful reading with great inflection makes it even more moving. Fantastic work, Shamoosa
DrGeary 8 months ago
I can't stop listening to this ... it just keeps playing over and over and over again..
Such a beautiful poem narrated by such a beautiful angelic voice, with that beautiful music in the back ground, it gave the poem a life of its own.
I find it sad though that this guy have lived alone all that time, with the fear of being a member of society... paranoid of having people understand him thus joining him or having him joining them thus -from his own POV- enslaving him.
91FroSt91 1 year ago
and thus his rules won't belong to him anymore
It will just be like the society from which he ran away in the first place.
People never understood him and called him a mad man, but in fact in his own mind he was the only sane man of all. And who knows maybe it's not only in his mind. Maybe it's the truth as it is
With being understood and somewhat accepted for who he truly is for the first time ever that must have been both amazing and yet frightening at first..
91FroSt91 1 year ago
"For those who understand us enslave something in us" I love that part... for it might be the truest line I've ever heard in my life ... such a charming poem and most of all ... your voice and the way you narrated it and the music in the back ground gave it a soul of its own ... giving it the ability to entice and charm those whom God blessed with the ability to hear for this particular moment to hear such a beautiful poem narrated in such a beautiful amazing way :)
91FroSt91 1 year ago
What an enchanting voice.
IandYou0 1 year ago
Who?
IandYou0 1 year ago
what a great poem.. 5***** =)
SoaringEleven 1 year ago
ooooh way too close to the bone...:)
God4Dunoon 2 years ago
I like that poem alot,thanks.
sjhannigan1 2 years ago
ॐ
Kipling08 2 years ago
Someone stole my heart and I became a madwoman..now I am free from love-sickness! Ah Kahil Gibran...such a wonderful mentor! I learnt from this.
andicatz 2 years ago
You did a great job and I enjoyed it
10234D 2 years ago
Very nice presentation. I love your voice and the music behind it. Khalil Gibran is one of my favorite poets, but I've been out of touch with his poetry. This is a very beautiful production. I encourage you to do more.
rahmama2 2 years ago
Beautiful work on this, I love it!! Congrats on a fine presentation. :) +
megansspark 2 years ago
Thank you Megan!! x
Shamoosa1989 2 years ago
Shams, your sweet voice reflects your even sweeter soul. :P I LOVE YOU!
Jnoob1989 2 years ago
I love you too! :P
Shamoosa1989 2 years ago
if the thieves stole the masks and exposed the madman to the warm sun what was keeping him enslaved i did not understand that part how does the people keep him enslaved or is it his own self
oscard1113 2 years ago
i Believe he is talking about the ego here, you can do some research on seven mirror of the Essines, i think there is some correspondence to that. The first mirror is Judgement, and the rest I don't fully remember. He also talks about lifting the veil of ignorance, stepping out of the comfort zone , taking risks.
chafut 2 years ago
The way I see it Oscard1113 is what was keeping him enslaved was society. And now that he was lost his "mask" - he is thus free, he doesn't have to conform to their specific rules. He suddenly has freedom. And because he doesn't follow their rules, they see him as mad.
Shamoosa1989 2 years ago 2