<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=430843" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Marriage</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Almitra spoke again and said, 'And what of Marriage, master?' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he answered saying: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But let there be spaces in your togetherness, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Love one another but make not a bond of love: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And stand together, yet not too near together: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the pillars of the temple stand apart, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Khalil+Gibran">Khalil Gibran</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=430843" data-title="Marriage de Khalil Gibran" data-description="Then Almitra spoke again and said, 'And what of Marriage, master?' And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be ..."></div> </div> </div>

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