Defeat - Kahlil Gibran (A Life Changing Poem for Dark Times)

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  • @loknathbattula9482
    @loknathbattula9482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1694

    Victory is sweetest when you have known defeat.

    • @yvonnemarshall7416
      @yvonnemarshall7416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wow I lovd that Victory is sweetest when you have known defeat Big thank for sharing Yvonne million Cornwall England

    • @sunshine-om7jg
      @sunshine-om7jg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/tvP7oI6XVEw/w-d-xo.html
      I hope you would like this poem too

    • @beluga2841
      @beluga2841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That is the antithesis of what gibran is trying to say

    • @storminghades6664
      @storminghades6664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      victory is never remembered doesn't teach you anything other than rising your ego up a level and build a confidence without simplicity victory is shallow u wont get gibran not ur cup of tea

    • @cosmosadorabilis7677
      @cosmosadorabilis7677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This has nothing to do with what he's saying.

  • @wisdom10x17
    @wisdom10x17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    “My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
    ― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

    • @stobbinsboy
      @stobbinsboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dope

    • @AssieChi69
      @AssieChi69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Known" and home-sick always 💜🙏🏼

    • @moonkraab
      @moonkraab ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Whoever brought me here, must bring me home- RUMI.

    • @RaiiiL
      @RaiiiL ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
      Arabic, translated: we belong to Allah, and indeed, to Him we return
      For the resistant foul, that think God isn't Allah, here i changed it for you so you can understand it easier..................................
      :we belong to God, and indeed, to Him we return

    • @alphascorpius
      @alphascorpius 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed, doesn't seem to be on Earth

  • @Aetium
    @Aetium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    Khalil Gibran is truly one of the greatest poets to have ever lived, his wording and cadence, the meaning of every sentence he wrote, his understanding of humanity and life itself, truly a master of his craft, a prophet through and through.

    • @barefoottravelingmonkey143
      @barefoottravelingmonkey143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Amen brother

    • @that_lebanese4747
      @that_lebanese4747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His name is gebran gebran , Khalil is his father's name in Lebanon your father's name is your middle name technically Khalil gebran is his father

    • @سلامخلفخلف
      @سلامخلفخلف 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He is name Gibran khalil gibran

    • @Aetium
      @Aetium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@سلامخلفخلف did you have a stroke?

    • @Aetium
      @Aetium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@that_lebanese4747 ok...he went by Khalil Gibran though so that's what I'm going with

  • @jumpingship1362
    @jumpingship1362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Your opponent is not necessarily your enemy, your opponent is like a friend that will show you your strengths and weaknesses. -Bruce Lee

  • @tincandriver7076
    @tincandriver7076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5594

    When Optimus Prime isn't saving the world he reads poetry

  • @wilhelmhesse1348
    @wilhelmhesse1348 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    There is nothing more beautiful, powerful than to find true acceptance of one's circumstance and to be content with it.

    • @debunker-rks
      @debunker-rks หลายเดือนก่อน

      This poem is the total opposite of being content.

  • @zaiddababneh2039
    @zaiddababneh2039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +860

    Your voice sounds like it can cause ripples in a lake, truly astonishing.

    • @Jannat-f1q
      @Jannat-f1q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I didn’t find it comfortable 🤔

    • @murderhill1947
      @murderhill1947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Jannat-f1q Perhaps that is what is so powerful about this reading. You have to sit up and listen and not be distracted. You would feel uncomfortable if you did not give it your full attention. All due respect, and just an opinion here. If it were a woman's voice, a good strong one, would that make a difference?

    • @atashakgem
      @atashakgem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know who is reading?

    • @seanmcgregor3658
      @seanmcgregor3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@atashakgem Optimus Prime :)

    • @smartin8247
      @smartin8247 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@atashakgem Shane Morris

  • @libra.
    @libra. ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I listen to this every once in a while, gives me hope for myself.

  • @irbaayani12
    @irbaayani12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3153

    This is what a lion would sound like if it could speak.

    • @sshaoor7772
      @sshaoor7772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Irba Ayani so true

    • @NoName-ie3li
      @NoName-ie3li 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Yeah, a bit like Aslan from Narnia.

    • @desertcafe
      @desertcafe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      The lion can speak. It is we who do not know how to listen.

    • @chom09
      @chom09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You made my day with your comment

    • @ig_itsaugi4138
      @ig_itsaugi4138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @vidyeshwarprasad6895
    @vidyeshwarprasad6895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    "Defeat, my defeat.
    My solitude and my aloneness..
    My self-knowledge and defiance..
    My shining sword and shield..
    My bold companion..
    My deathless courage.. "
    Great motivational lines providing refreshing perspective n insight.Defeat is the springboard for future endeavours..it helps in unlocking one's potential n paving way for success despite odds..
    And OMG, such a powerful voice!!

  • @evphex
    @evphex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    What a poet. Incredible.
    Let us all be dangerous.

    • @sunshine-om7jg
      @sunshine-om7jg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/tvP7oI6XVEw/w-d-xo.html
      I hope you would like this poem too

    • @lawdogwales5921
      @lawdogwales5921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, let us stand in the sun, and let us be dangerous!

    • @frankjones2225
      @frankjones2225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That always make me smile and smirk..in a all or nothing..joker way but also with that feeling of one more min in the ring of life

    • @mare2723
      @mare2723 ปีที่แล้ว

      And let us stand peacefully resolute in the beauty of the rain.

    • @secretsofrumi
      @secretsofrumi ปีที่แล้ว

      very good ✋

  • @6Sisu9
    @6Sisu9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I've listened to this once a day everyday for the past year.

    • @xxfox
      @xxfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and what happened?

    • @ericab9050
      @ericab9050 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I hope you experienced some victory also 🎉

  • @DadePomsouvan
    @DadePomsouvan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Defeating one's own ego makes one humble and rather respectful!

    • @deborahvictoriaedwards5188
      @deborahvictoriaedwards5188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly, makes for better people, love and Light 💖🙏🔥
      Cheers 🤳
      Bee 🕊️🌈🐝

    • @lilafeldman8630
      @lilafeldman8630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes.

    • @aliprey7047
      @aliprey7047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davidgood7621 - mindboggling fact. Love it, great wordplay.

    • @bernadetteprudencio1032
      @bernadetteprudencio1032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your words were so beautiful.
      Here in USA, & everyone is fighting. I'm so sad.....

    • @pennypiper7382
      @pennypiper7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dade Pomsouvan ..exactly my thoughts. 👍🙏❤️

  • @monicacampbell4600
    @monicacampbell4600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel the savage ache of defeat acutely in these words. Thank God for those who go before us and sprinkle our paths with the flowers of wisdom they learned behind them...

  • @mintoo2cool
    @mintoo2cool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    Definitely a perspective changer. Never thought of defeat to be a friend... a gem of a poem for sure.

    • @Donna-cc1kt
      @Donna-cc1kt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      bbababonbon..bonfire! Who fails more than the genius, the inventor, the expert? Perfection requires defeat.

    • @rosannakirwan1297
      @rosannakirwan1297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes reminds me of The Dark Night ifthe Soul

  • @mattreay7265
    @mattreay7265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I've just discovered this poem for the first time and I am blown away by this utter, utter work of absolute art. What incredible words.

  • @renevelez5717
    @renevelez5717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Defeat. The strongest foundation of life.

  • @adrianesmenos1760
    @adrianesmenos1760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have known this poem for nearly 2 years, and is still powerful everytime I listen to it. On days that I feel like fate has it out for me, and people are so cruel I listen to this. In my failures and misfortunes I listen to this. And when the shallow comforting of people seem to me like noise, I listen to this. Thank you sir for being here, for being the voice that can reach my freezing heart.

  • @abx6539
    @abx6539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +509

    I learned from this: losing is liberating and brings humble hearts, once we accept it. Thanks Deknown

    • @murtadah6327
      @murtadah6327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ab X: And that, defeat is the best companion to be retained and not looked down upon with disgrace.

    • @PabluchoViision
      @PabluchoViision 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “Bred to a harder thing than Triumph...”
      (W.B. Yeats, from “To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing”)

    • @practicalphilosophy9031
      @practicalphilosophy9031 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nice

    • @murtadah6327
      @murtadah6327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Vivek Amar: This poem is all about encountering such experiences. Yours is too small an occurrence in deceit or whatever you would call it, to get accommodated in the expanse of these lines. Try to read or watch it at least 10 times and you would feel satisfied and shall overcome your gloomy feelings. Best of luck and prayers.

    • @murtadah6327
      @murtadah6327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vivek Amar: Please listen to the song from an old movie "Patita" having lyrics "hain sabse madhur woh geet jinhen, hum dard ke sur mein gaatey hain..." written by late Shailendra ji. Perhaps it might console you a tad.

  • @bazalmighty
    @bazalmighty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is wondrous. There is no shame in defeat. It is where wisdom and humility resides if you look closely within it enough. We learn from defeat so embrace it and don't let go. Some may scorn your defeat and some may even shun you and yet this judgmental ego may be their defeat. But it is a defeat they may not see and learn from because that's the consequence of ego, and ego is the opposite of humility. Our defeats are our life lessons, and our failures would only be in not learning from them.

  • @manjurhasanchisti2264
    @manjurhasanchisti2264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    I am speechless. What a poem ! What a recitation! It just shaken the root of me.

    • @iankclark
      @iankclark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I am finding solace in listening to this somehow. To embrace my humbled circumstance and yet... feel ennobled by the stripped-down immediacy of my experience, the doggedness of my soul to endure the burning of its own flame, the pluripotency of unencumbered being.

    • @josphellihsilak4588
      @josphellihsilak4588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This one and "how did you die?" I think are some of the most beautifully spoken words I've ever heard.

    • @pennypiper7382
      @pennypiper7382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Heretic is also a beautiful poem.

    • @iankclark
      @iankclark 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pennypiper7382 I'll check it out

    • @iankclark
      @iankclark 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pennypiper7382 this one? th-cam.com/video/uLXviN8-9V8/w-d-xo.html

  • @googleit1370
    @googleit1370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Every recitation feels as if it were a friend trying to help you go through with difficult times by sharing his thoughts with you.

  • @sandrashin9502
    @sandrashin9502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    "Defeat" is indeed the least likable word for people of social media age, yet it is one of the Most Powerful Poems I have ever heard today!

    • @janed7774
      @janed7774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @AnitaSingh-sp7yr
      @AnitaSingh-sp7yr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The value of defeat is being realised in being shown in socail media

    • @gravesidepoet5405
      @gravesidepoet5405 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Try anybody in any time period.

  • @naimadildar8856
    @naimadildar8856 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I can listen to gibran's poetry for my entire life without getting tired. He was indeed a man with great perspectives. He had an ability to express feelingz through word in a best way possible. His poetry is my comfort.❤️✨🖤

  • @fadelk.7430
    @fadelk.7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +406

    Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars... GKG

    • @marydonald483
      @marydonald483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is one of my favourite quote always 👌👍🙏👏

    • @sunshine-om7jg
      @sunshine-om7jg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/tvP7oI6XVEw/w-d-xo.html
      I hope you would like this poem too

    • @debbieestherperez7115
      @debbieestherperez7115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Truth. Its when The Alighty holds one up to then become his warriors.solitude is love for all.

    • @Skinnybearr7543
      @Skinnybearr7543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love this quote

  • @pamelars7497
    @pamelars7497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    What a deep voice, vibrates inside my chest. Lovely reading 🥰
    Poetry and arts are saving my sanity these days. Thank you

  • @ashukaushik9266
    @ashukaushik9266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    When you are defeated by life, these words pierce your heart like anything.

    • @ECLECTICSS
      @ECLECTICSS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +This is true. And maybe you are partly meaning here, that it expands your view so that you can see what is happening through another lens of meaning.

    • @nhessserrano3603
      @nhessserrano3603 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could somebody pls tell me what does " defeat, my defeat " mean? 🥺

    • @JoytoTheworld-t7v
      @JoytoTheworld-t7v ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel this way

    • @qwizdom3873
      @qwizdom3873 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nhessserrano3603”defeat, my defeat” I believe he is making it personal. Like how you would talk to your lover in a tender moment. “Lisa, my Lisa.”

    • @murtadah6327
      @murtadah6327 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nhessserrano3603: Take those words on their face value; I mean, what they literally mean. There is no deeper meaning to these words; there may be to those that follow these words all along. However, if you perceive these keywords in a different way, please let us know; it would be interesting to know.

  • @shabnamhadizadeh4897
    @shabnamhadizadeh4897 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this man voice,he rattled my heart and I was crying when he spoke and I felt I am walking in the beautiful forest and forgot every pain that I could suffer from it in this world

  • @Rocky57260
    @Rocky57260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I donno how to thank him for writing this...this poem is a masterpiece that shall live by,inspiring many like it did to me..

  • @ahmedbsharat6036
    @ahmedbsharat6036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    شيخ الكتاب العرب في جمال لغته العربية لروحك السلام 🌹❤️ جبران خليل جبران 🥺

  • @theknightwriter9766
    @theknightwriter9766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1702

    Was this narrated by a mountain? My God that voice! Great poem.

    • @khalilkingsley241
      @khalilkingsley241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      What a metaphor lol.

    • @mudambadenis2842
      @mudambadenis2842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Haha exactly...the deep voice can move mountains.

    • @royferguson3909
      @royferguson3909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I enjoy your enthusiasm sir

    • @royferguson3909
      @royferguson3909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mudambadenis2842 it can chop a mountain in to two parts..with one swoop ( I wager )

    • @nataliamatelski7595
      @nataliamatelski7595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I really enjoyed you're comment. I laughed so much!

  • @waqup4054
    @waqup4054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The voice of my ancestors are as eternal as the dna we carry forward from the mouths of their spoken word. Wisdom and character impregnated through the journey of a thousand thousand souls. The lights that guide the way forward and the warriors that stand behind us. Thank you so much dear uncle for all the beauty and inspiration you have gifted to the world, and for the pride we feel in our hearts when your words are read and understood...Blessings.

  • @BEKNOWN
    @BEKNOWN  4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

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  • @MsFreedom9111
    @MsFreedom9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love the way he says we shall be dangerous. Get me chills

  • @hassanajam6079
    @hassanajam6079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Kahlil Gibran was the key figure in a Romantic movement that transformed Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century

    • @bennettbullock9690
      @bennettbullock9690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      What I love about him is that he not only is a great Arabic poet, but a great American poet at the same time. He somehow picked up on the faint echoes of Semitic poetics in American culture which echoed through the centuries through the King James Bible, Milton, and revived that strain, made it sing out strong in a shockingly modern and fresh way. A meeting of two worlds.

    • @snowyhappiness5
      @snowyhappiness5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bennettbullock9690 how beautiful is your discription🌼

    • @bennettbullock9690
      @bennettbullock9690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@snowyhappiness5 Shukran habiibi

    • @mohammadshahzeb458
      @mohammadshahzeb458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Hassan Brother You just copy/pasted the Description. Like Why?

    • @hassanajam6079
      @hassanajam6079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mohammadshahzeb458 not everyone know

  • @animeshkumar904
    @animeshkumar904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Khalil Gibran you live in my heart. You always give me hope.

  • @Deepz1412
    @Deepz1412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Liberating ... for dark times and devastating griefs .

    • @alamgirs.l.missiontrust3648
      @alamgirs.l.missiontrust3648 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes..loosing myself and going to deep down in search of own courage. Unknown courage. Unknown battle. But known everything.

    • @Deepz1412
      @Deepz1412 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙏

  • @ajaypoudel8248
    @ajaypoudel8248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is an ageless piece of legendary art.

  • @pallavik5220
    @pallavik5220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a voice that recited this beautiful poem that brought me on the verge of crying.

  • @storminghades6664
    @storminghades6664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    What a man of taste and intellect you are if you are reading it in your early 20s I believe you will have vitality and deathless courage in your entire life.

    • @Judith-o3x7l
      @Judith-o3x7l 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about women?

    • @Judith-o3x7l
      @Judith-o3x7l ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turkmilleti2130 I understand men and women are fundamentally different, but we too need deathless courage and vitality for our own feminine endeavors.
      Wouldn't you agree?

    • @Judith-o3x7l
      @Judith-o3x7l ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turkmilleti2130 Nigeria.
      You?

    • @Judith-o3x7l
      @Judith-o3x7l ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turkmilleti2130 Hardly.

    • @Judith-o3x7l
      @Judith-o3x7l ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turkmilleti2130 I could make do.
      Facebook is almost out of the question.

  • @sofihanief007
    @sofihanief007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Poem is like a Gem, and voice is like this Gem surrounded by Pearls.

  • @neueremita2719
    @neueremita2719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This poem is the quiet echo you never knew you needed during trying times... - Its the second wind you need as you age from boy to man and face new challenges - Absolutely 💯 Beautiful and inspiring

  • @SuprabhaSuzanne
    @SuprabhaSuzanne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    thank you so much, I always loved him as the doorway to Sufism, long ago reading him as an 18 year old in the 1960's of course not fully understanding all the nuances but drawn to his poetry.. Shanti to all

    • @jumpingship1362
      @jumpingship1362 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You may enjoy at the temple door read by Rosco on youtube by Gibran.

    • @Pfor_Podi
      @Pfor_Podi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well u shud also knw he was a Christian not anything related to sufism I believe

  • @ritikanegi1604
    @ritikanegi1604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    At 2:03 the voice modulation is phenomenal ❤️💫
    "And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings"
    This voice knows the art of pause, modulation, intensity, diction & articulation.

  • @samkun3297
    @samkun3297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I have to get more of this ,so tomorrow I'm getting "The Prophet " at my local book store, what a better way to support all beauties of this world,and make sure they always stay with us for our kids and new generations that will come after we're long gone.

    • @jamesam003
      @jamesam003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you get it,

    • @samkun3297
      @samkun3297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesam003 next Monday they had to order , but I can wait , pleasure delayer.

    • @jamesam003
      @jamesam003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's an amazing read. Speaks to something deeper than the mind, deeper than logic and intellect. Enjoy, whenever you get it

  • @trish8321
    @trish8321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Shane Morris could read the dictionary and I would still listen.

  • @frankjones2225
    @frankjones2225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Sitting all alone,, feeling alone that the days forward seems darker by the day yet i laugh out loud in cue and nod in agreement but this gives me hope to endure..laugh more feel more and shut that dark quiet in me.

  • @JoylessMonkey86
    @JoylessMonkey86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutley love the end.
    "We shall stand in the sun with a will, and we shall be dangerous"
    So evocative of an epic day breaking before you.

  • @onlyjames702
    @onlyjames702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    😭😭Defeat, my Defeat
    My bold companion
    That hit hard👏🏾

  • @DaanSnqn
    @DaanSnqn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Shane Morris really has the best possible voice for this purpose.

  • @faathee8740
    @faathee8740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    My childhood love.
    His poetry on children totally freed me from limiting thoughts of parents- children relationship.
    It was 1 page but oh so powerful.
    I recommend him around.

    • @ryf3658
      @ryf3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Shazia Hatoon in his book the prophet.

    • @faathee8740
      @faathee8740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Shazia Hatoon
      Hey Love,
      It's from the book, the Prophet ..
      Copy pasted..
      "Your children are not your children.
      They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
      They come through you but not from you,
      And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
      You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
      For they have their own thoughts.
      You may house their bodies but not their souls,
      For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
      which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
      You may strive to be like them,
      but seek not to make them like you.
      For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
      You are the bows from which your children
      as living arrows are sent forth.
      The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
      and He bends you with His might
      that His arrows may go swift and far.
      Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
      For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
      so He loves also the bow that is stable."
      ....
      You can also google it.

    • @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795
      @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      R YF
      OMG I have this book original print 1923.
      Love ❤️

    • @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795
      @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mae she
      That's why when I clicked on this and the poem started, I knew.

    • @oneworldmusicpodcast2369
      @oneworldmusicpodcast2369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes! The Prophet is an absolutely faith, hope and love restoring book. I am truly fascinated by this amazing man's work. Hearing this poem makes me feel so great. God bless you.

  • @willieluncheonette5843
    @willieluncheonette5843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    " Kahlil Gibran… the very name brings so much ecstasy and joy that it is impossible to think of another name comparable to him. Just hearing the name, bells start ringing in the heart which do not belong to this world. Kahlil Gibran is pure music, a mystery such that only poetry can sometimes grasp it, but only sometimes.
    You have chosen a man who is the most beloved of this beautiful earth. Centuries have passed; there have been great men but Kahlil Gibran is a category in himself. I cannot conceive that even in the future, there is a possibility of another man of such deep insight into the human heart, into the unknown that surrounds us.
    A poet is
    accidentally
    mystic.
    He has done something impossible. He has been able to bring at least a few fragments of the unknown into human language. He has raised human language and human consciousness as no other man has ever done. Through Kahlil Gibran, it seems all the mystics, all the poets, all creative souls have joined hands and poured themselves.
    Although he has been immensely successful in reaching people, still he feels it is not the whole truth, but just a glimpse. But to see the glimpse of truth is a beginning of a pilgrimage that leads you to the ultimate, to the absolute, to the universal.
    Another beautiful man, Claude Bragdon has said about Kahlil Gibran, a few beautiful words. He says, “His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life, else it could not have been so universal and so potent. But the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own.”
    I have always loved this statement of Bragdon, even though not agreeing with it.
    One need not agree with a beautiful flower; one need not agree with the sky full of stars - but one can still appreciate. I make a clear-cut distinction between agreement and appreciation - and a man is civilized if he can make the distinction. If he cannot make the distinction, he’s still living in a primitive, uncivilized state of consciousness.
    I agree in a sense, because whatever Bragdon is saying is beautiful; hence, my appreciation. But I cannot agree because whatever he is saying is simply guesswork. It is not his own experience.
    Have you noted? - he says, “His power came from some great reservoir of spirituality, of spiritual life, else it could not have been so universal and so potent.” It is rational, logical, but it has no roots in experience. He feels that something beyond the grasp of mind has come through Kahlil Gibran but he is not certain. And he cannot be certain, because it is not his experience. He is immensely impressed by the beautiful language; each word is a poetry unto itself. But he himself is unaware of that great reservoir of spirituality. He himself has not tasted it. He has loved Kahlil Gibran but he has not lived him.
    With me, the situation is totally different. Hence, there are a few things I would like to say to you before I make my commentaries on the statements of Kahlil Gibran.
    First, he is certainly a great poet, perhaps the greatest that has ever been born on the earth, but he is not a mystic; and there is a tremendous difference between a poet and a mystic. The poet, once in a while, suddenly finds himself in the same space as the mystic. In those rare moments, roses shower over him. On those rare occasions, he is almost a Gautam Buddha - but remember, I’m saying almost.
    These rare moments come and go. He’s not the master of those rare moments. They come like the breeze and the fragrance and by the time you have become aware - they are gone.
    A poet’s genius is that he catches those moments in words. Those moments come into your life too. They are free gifts of existence - or in other words, glimpses to provoke in you a search, to come to a moment when this space will become your very life, your blood, your bones, your marrow. You will breathe it, your heart will beat it. You will never be able to lose it, even if you want to.
    The poet is for moments a mystic, and the mystic is a poet forever."

  • @theuv143
    @theuv143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Literally just literally.... it gave strong goosebumps...

  • @wasequemahmud0909
    @wasequemahmud0909 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Defeat, my defeat
    My deathless courage..."
    Happy to be the part of this legendary creature!

  • @elizabethwalters7741
    @elizabethwalters7741 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most profoundly beautiful poem ever written

  • @jenkinsj9224
    @jenkinsj9224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    man I wish to meet this Shane Morris before the end of my lifetime!

  • @hassanajam6079
    @hassanajam6079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    ‎الهزيمة ، هزيمتي ، عزلتي و وحدتي . أنت أغلى عندي من ألف انتصار ، وأحلى في قلبي من كل امجاد العالم . الهزيمة ، هزيمتي ، معرفتي و تحدياتي ، من خلالك أعرف أنني ما زلت صغيراً وخاطف الحركة وأن لا اكون محاصرا بالذبول. وفيك وجدت الوحدة وفرحة أن تكون هارب و منبوذاََ الهزيمة ، هزيمتي ، سيفي ودرعي اللامع ، لقد قرأت في عينيك أن تكون عظيما هو أن تستعبد ، وأن تكون مفهوما ، يجب أن يتم تسويتك ، ، وأن تدرك الأمر هو ان تُملئ به مثل سقوط الثمار و استهلاكها . الهزيمة ، هزيمتي ، رفيقي الجريء ، عليك ان تسمع أغانيي وصرخاتي و صمتي ، ولا شيء غير أن تتحدث معي عن ضرب الأجنحة ، وهيجان البحار ، ومن الجبال التي تحترق في الليل ، وأنت وحدك ستتسلق روحي الحادة والصخرية. الهزيمة ، هزيمتي ، شجاعتي الخالدة ، سنضحك أنا وأنت و العاصفة ، ومعاً سنحفر قبور لكل ما يموت فينا ، وسنقف في الشمس بإرادتنا ، وسنكون خطرين

    • @minahope4280
      @minahope4280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      شكرا جزيلا.. اللغة العربية لها شيئ ساحر يعجز اللسان عن وصفها❤

    • @nour-eg3by
      @nour-eg3by 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      شكرا على الترجمة ✋هذي رسالة الى مي زيادة ؟ ولا دعاء ؟

    • @Wa7edmenalnass
      @Wa7edmenalnass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      مشكور، جمعت العرب تحت تعليق واحد
      😂😂

    • @jade2368
      @jade2368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ♥️

    • @مجودالسيفي
      @مجودالسيفي 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ااااه
      من اللغة العربية ...

  • @sajigeorge6272
    @sajigeorge6272 ปีที่แล้ว

    Red Frost brings beauty and encouragement into the world. When my soul is thirsty, I listen and listen and listen to these poems. Thank you.

  • @luismedina1135
    @luismedina1135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    One of my favourite poems from my favourite book ever: Gibran's The Madman.

  • @vijaysahani3464
    @vijaysahani3464 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a golden voice! It really gives meaning to this beautiful poem.

  • @normaparfitt2614
    @normaparfitt2614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Not read this poem before, so glad to have done so now.

  • @BaraCerna
    @BaraCerna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have rarely been hit with words of such depth.
    Crying

  • @leilanipetranek3405
    @leilanipetranek3405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Love Kahlil Gibran. Such an exalted Soul!

  • @adityasurve8106
    @adityasurve8106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Defeat, what a powerful life poetry by Khalil Gibran.
    Truly, meaningful, powerful, and heart touching phrases, My Defeat.👍👍👍
    A very powerfully recited.👍👍👍

  • @WOTMH
    @WOTMH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    whoever is voicing this has an epic voice, never have i heard someone with this voice.

    • @xxfox
      @xxfox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The poem is pretty epic too.

  • @genieharden612
    @genieharden612 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These words fall on me perfectly today. The more I surrender, the freer I feel.

  • @nomvulasiluma5445
    @nomvulasiluma5445 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    “To be enthroned is to be enslaved
    To be understood is to be levelled down
    To be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
    And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed”🙌🏾
    I can’t even begin to explain how much these lines alone have altered my perception, and the way I manoeuvre through this life.

  • @shubhamrana3606
    @shubhamrana3606 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tagore and gibran...the beat poet world has ever produced what an insight..Man

  • @igiem368
    @igiem368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Victory is sweetest when you have known the bitterness of defeat.

  • @mohammadsabbirhossain1521
    @mohammadsabbirhossain1521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Defeat,My Defeat..........
    Really feel it in my heart.😔😔😔

    • @birdlynn417
      @birdlynn417 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But let us find strength in that too.

  • @paulgrant7197
    @paulgrant7197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gibran flips the script and channels Rumi in this beautifully read poem that embraces Defeat as a best companion

    • @redefinedliving5974
      @redefinedliving5974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      channels Rumi lol what a way to ruin smth so perfect

  • @giokerable
    @giokerable ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The beauty in truly accepting defeat

  • @pradeepdeviSri
    @pradeepdeviSri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Writings of gibran shaped my mind and soul. Love and lots of heart for choosing one of his.

  • @Lagunaseca13
    @Lagunaseca13 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There will never be enough words to describe what this poem has done for me, and continues to do for me.

  • @afrosoulstylist
    @afrosoulstylist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesomely inspiring... the person that knows only victory and success, knows absolutely nothing.

  • @motor4027
    @motor4027 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have never been given more my defeat then anything else. Will and courage, this is a powerful thing.

  • @mrobillard7553
    @mrobillard7553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Beautiful! I used to have all of his books in my library and read regularly. His accompanying artwork was great as well, inspired by the spirit. I always hoped (and I'm not alone on this) that he would never be forgotten, so thank you!

  • @DivideBy0
    @DivideBy0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most gravitating poem I've ever heard intertwined in such a modulated voice. I can't help myself from subscribing for more.

  • @harshadk3240
    @harshadk3240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everytime I hear this I feel like magic happens and get Goosebumps

  • @janzalesak8980
    @janzalesak8980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Prohry, mé prohry
    má samoto a má odtažitosti
    jste mi dražší než tisíce úspěchů
    a sladší mému srdci než všechna sláva světa.
    Prohry, mé prohry
    mé sebepoznání a můj vzdore
    díky vám vím, že jsem stále mlád v rychlém běhu času
    né uvězněn vadnoucími vavříny
    ve vás jsem našel svou jedinečnost
    a potěšení z toho být stranou a odsuzován.
    Prohry, mé prohry
    můj blištivý meči a štíte
    ve tvých očích jsem četl
    že být korunován znamená být uvězněn
    že být pochopen znamená být shozen
    že porozumět tomu všemu znamená žít naplno
    a pak jako zralé ovoce padnout a být pohlcen.
    Prohry, mé prohry
    můj smělý příteli
    slyšíš když zpívám, pláču nebo jsem mlčky
    nikdo jiný než ty ke mně nedokáže promluvit třepotáním křídel
    šuměním moře
    horami plápolajícími nocí
    ty sámotný dokážeš zdolat mou bouřlivou a neoblomnou duši.
    Prohry, mé prohry
    má nezlomná odvaho
    společně se budeme smát v bouři
    společně zapomeneme na ty kteří v nás zemřeli
    společně budeme stát odhodláni v záři slunce
    a budeme nebezpeční, nenecháme se unášet proudem.
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    V životě nás obklopuje příliš mnoho průměrných věcí. Láska by neměla být jednou z nich.

    • @murtadah6327
      @murtadah6327 หลายเดือนก่อน

      बहुत ही बेहतरीन कविता, बहुत कुछ यहाँ दी गई “डिफ़ीट” पोएम की तर्ज़ पर। वैसे इस कविता के शुरुआती शब्द के अनुवाद के लिए “नुक़सान” शब्द ज़्यादा सही रहेगा, बजाए “घाटा” शब्द के।
      थैंक्यू गूगल, अनुवाद के लिए।

  • @smon4164
    @smon4164 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this poem. It's exactly what I need right now. I won't let anybody own my defeat. Only me, and me alone, can guide me to the light. Only my heart knows me.

    • @gemini-w7s
      @gemini-w7s ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @secretsofrumi
      @secretsofrumi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      very good

    • @rwritesforyou
      @rwritesforyou ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd be delighted if I could give you a thought through my poetry. I'd appreciate your feedback

  • @elusiveaqua
    @elusiveaqua 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These poems reach a whole new level with the regal voice of this man!

  • @dangerous07758
    @dangerous07758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Almost weeping whenever I hear this poetry!

  • @khalidamajoud4114
    @khalidamajoud4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gibran was, and still is an underrated writer. Beautiful poem...and what a voice!

  • @atashakgem
    @atashakgem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Gibran poetry is Another Kamus, Van Gogh, Motzart, Davinci, ,,,, brilliance shines when distancing madding crowds & masses

  • @petrdvorak9655
    @petrdvorak9655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is probably the best poem I've ever heard. Truly life-changing experience

  • @amarendraborah6941
    @amarendraborah6941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "Success is not final ; failure is not fatal ! It's the courage to continue, that counts !"
    That's what Sir Winston Churchill had said !

    • @amarendraborah6941
      @amarendraborah6941 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Propriety demands that one should better ascertain one's own status first, prior to raising an accusing finger on others !
      Propriety further demands that one should also try to inculcate the habit of seeing goodness in others, as well ; instead of finding fault on every available opportunity, on the slightest of pretext, and at the drop of a hat ! It raises one's mental/spiritual level by several notches up !

  • @alva7701
    @alva7701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am new listening his books and makes me cry and happiness in some of his books.
    A good soul who came into the world to let people see things as they are and to guide them by compassion, faith, hope, respect and love.

  • @TheFirstKind
    @TheFirstKind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    A billion likes! I truly envy the voice.

  • @reneshabee
    @reneshabee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will be listening this 1000 more time and yet there will be trust to soak myself in this glorious,magnificent poetry. Every time it opens new layer every time I listen like,rumi said.
    And Shane Morris, I have fall in love with your lion's alike voice.

  • @mustafanizam2608
    @mustafanizam2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely stunning voice, and equally stunning voice, the voice of an old lion, growling inside the den, voice that reverberates to your heart..

  • @TannerCLynn
    @TannerCLynn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gibran has a way with words that even famous and lauded authors seldom achieve. I remember to this day where I was the first time I read the Prophet... when I read of loving apart and how the oak and cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.. This poem evokes the same chills of awakening to a new perspective I had then. Thank you for this video.

  • @sonyasyeda
    @sonyasyeda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your voice is going through my heart as if a soul travels through clouds reaching higher places. 💕

  • @chanelwhite610
    @chanelwhite610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cry from my soul when this is read to me. Moving, is an understatement.

  • @samsiah2359
    @samsiah2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I've never felt so defeated like this today.. Everyone betrayed me..
    And I found this vid in my recommendation.

    • @seanmcgregor3658
      @seanmcgregor3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also myself Sam x

    • @mikegs400
      @mikegs400 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol...Merry Christmas...I jus thought of a quote a minute ago ....
      *LOVE is giving....WITHOUT expecting *
      Like Jesus loves us....lolHere ya Christmas GIFT!
      twitter.com/xrpforex/status/1317912326859882499?s=01
      ....lol Watch "C365 Intro/Kenneth Storey "Currency RV's & Chinese Bonds"" on TH-cam
      th-cam.com/video/Qtketp2ArTc/w-d-xo.html
      Listen at
      15 min mark....this might .. lol
      Its real....jus look into it!!Watch "175 Quadrillion Zimbabwean Dollars Are Worth $5" on TH-cam
      th-cam.com/video/Fn76nlf92wo/w-d-xo.html
      Why bank buying back a whole crapload of bonds IF its worthless...itll cost more money to throw away ....bonds are 2008 and 2009....this video is 2015....they buying Zimbabwe bond notes back on downlow and cheap BEFORE reset happens....lol..jus my thoughts
      Thats why countries are making * new lower denomination * bills ....put into circulation BEFORE you revalue...cause no one will have change for a 1000 cedis or bills later...its a Zimbabwe Bond Note bro
      My bank screen...banks getting ready...lol
      only 6 bucks total...lol
      people sell this Zimbabwe BOND notes, which is actually* real money * as souvenirs or junk online.. Amazon or Ebay or 100trillions.com(legit site)..but ....its will be worth $$$$ of dollars according to my research of 9 months .. .you should take the risk and buy one too as investment...its only 6 bucks....its like Venezuela money...(worthless right now until it gets revalue)..until the government of Zimbabwe announce it on the news. .Zimbabwe has one of the most gold in the world...it was suppress....10 years ago..I tell everyone to help them out...you can utube ...markz or global Currency Reset to understand more . .its real. ..a new banking world about to start........asap!
      Thats why gold...silver ..and cryptocurrency going up..lol..be blessed!
      Good cheap intel
      Look up congress bill hr 2558 for evidence

    • @salmanakber6368
      @salmanakber6368 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are not alone :)

  • @peteroguda2889
    @peteroguda2889 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    To be enthroned is to be enslaved...
    And to be understood is to be leveled down...
    great piece!!!

  • @sacredclown4179
    @sacredclown4179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "the most beautiful things, are those that madness prompts, and reason writes"

  • @resolvedteacher8426
    @resolvedteacher8426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Listening to this poem after reading Gibran's ‘Broken Wings’ feels like I've been lifted up to another heights of Gibran’s lofty thoughts. He is a poet worthy of thousand admirations! His words are like first rays of sunlight giving fresh hope to every aspiring poet like me.

  • @sahilsingh-qw6wz
    @sahilsingh-qw6wz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Defeat",that brings me to your channel for enlightening the self.

  • @neliborba101
    @neliborba101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where there is defeat there was a battle. The reader of this poem knows how to impact with the intonation of his voice.