Out Of My Deeper Heart | Khalil Gibran Poem

Here's a wonderful poem by the great Kahlil Gibran, the author of "The Prophet". The poem holds two perspectives: that from the expanding heart and that of the person to whom the heart belongs.

Gibran Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist in the Sufi / Christian mystic tradition, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran.

Photo by Aron Visuals.

Transcript

Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skyward. Higher and higher did it rise, Yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a swallow, Then a lark, Then an eagle, Then as vast as a spring cloud, And then it filled the starry heavens. Out of my heart a bird flew skyward, And it waxed larger as it flew, Yet it left not my heart. O my faith, My untamed knowledge, How shall I fly to your height and see with you man's larger self penciled upon the sky? How shall I turn this sea within me into mist and move with you in space immeasurable? How can a prisoner within the temple behold its golden domes? How shall the heart of a fruit be stretched to envelop the fruit also? O my faith, I am in chains behind these bars of silver and ebony, And I cannot fly with you. Yet out of my heart you rise skyward, And it is my heart that holds you, And I shall be content.

Reviews

This verse impresses upon me the clearest description of what love looks and feels like than I’ve ever heard before. 💛

Wonderful! Thank you for bringing Rumi’s universal wisdom to life and into my heart. 🙏🏼