To My Oppressed Friend ~Khalil Gibran

Music:Gregorian Monks & Amelia Brigthman - Join Me




In case any was hard to read, text is below. Also, I made two typing errors "Gold" "of". oops.

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To My Oppressed Friend

O you who were born on the bed of misery, nourished at the breast of debasement, who played as a child in the houses of tyranny, you who eat your stale bread with sighs and drink your muddy water mixed with bitter tears.

O soldier ordered by the unjust laws of men to leave his wife, his small children, his friends, and enter the arena of death fir the sake of ambition, which they call 'necessity.'

O poet who lives as a stranger in his homeland, unknown among those who know him, who desires only to live on crumbs and of the vanities of the world asks only ink and paper.

O prisoner thrown into darkness because of a small offense made a great crime by those who requite evil with evil, banished by the wise who would establish the right by means of the wrong.

And you, O unfortunate woman, to whom God has given beauty, A faithless youth saw it and followed you, beguiled you, overcame your poverty with golg. When you submitted to him, he abandoned you. You are like prey trembling in the talons of debasement and wretchedness.

And you, my humble friends, martyrs to the laws of man. You are wretched, and your wretchedness is the result of the outrages of the mighty, of the injustice if the judge, of the tyranny of the rich, and of the selfishness if the slave to his desires.

Do not despair, for beyond the injustices of this world, beyond matter, beyond the clouds, beyond the aether, beyond all things is a power which is all justice, all kindness, all tenderness, all love.

You are like flowers that grow in the shadow. Soon gentle breezes will blow and carry your seeds into the light of the Sun where they will live a life of beauty.

You are like the naked trees weighed down with the snows of winter. soon the spring shall come to clothe you with green and succulent leaves.

Truth shall rend the veil of tears concealing your smiles.
Brethren, I welcome you and I despise your oppressors.

~Khalil Gibran

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[TerreCiel13]

Merci beaucoup pour ce merveilleux texte de Khalil Gibran..

[yawehking]

merci de l'observation

[antigeekess]

Beautiful. I'd like to see a credit for the song added to the sidebar. It sounds like Enigma.

[yawehking]

Gregorian Monks & Amelia Brigthman - Join Me

[starlighttoheaven]

Sad but beautiful video!

[Sleepingsun4]

Amazing video, thank you!!

[NamaSika]

Nice work Josh,

The picture at 0:55 tugged at the heart. Nice set of pictures to enhance Gibran's words.

Thank you

Tara

[PhilosopherFresh]

whoa awesome! i read somewhere that the singer Prince is Khalil Gibran reincarnated and it made an interesting case with lots of synchronistic facts. great video!