Kahlil Gibran

Jubran Khalil Jubran was born in the village Bisharri in what is now northern Lebanon, but which then was Ottoman Syria, to Kamila Jubran and her second husband, Khalil S’ad Jubran, on January 6th, 1883. He was raised in

Astronomer, The

by Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931)

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In the shadow of the temple my friend and I saw a blind man sitting alone. And my friend said, “Behold the wisest man of our land.”

Then I left my friend and approached the blind man and greeted him. And we conversed.

After a while I said, “Forgive my question; but since when has thou been blind?”

“From my birth,” he answered.

Said I, “And what path of wisdom followest thou?”

Said he, “I am an astronomer.”

Then he placed his hand upon his breast saying, “I watch all these suns and moons and stars.”

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