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The Dancer

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THE DANCER

An Excerpt From The Wanderer by Khalil Gibran,


Once there came to the court of the Prince of Birkasha a dancer and her musicians. And she was admitted to the court. And she danced to the music of the flute, the lute, and the zither.
She danced the dance of flames and fire, and the dance of swords and spears; she danced the dance of stars and the dance of space, and then she danced the dance of flowers in the wind.

When she had finished, she approached the prince and bowed her body before him. The price bade her to come nearer, and said unto her, “Beautiful woman, daughter of grace and delight, whence comes your art? And how is it that you command all the elements in your rhythms and your rhymes?”

And the dancer came near and bowed her body again and said, “Gracious majesty, I know not the answer to your questionings. Only this I know: The philosopher soul dwells within his head, the poets soul dwells within his heart, the singers soul dwells about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

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Author: Savvy Raj

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  1. katiemiafrederick's avatar

    “The philosopher soul dwells within his head,
    the poets soul dwells within his heart, the singers
    soul dwells about his throat, but the soul of the dancer

    abides in all her body.”

    SMiLes Dear Savvy Wonderful Quote From Khalil Gibran’s
    ‘The Dancer’ Yet i Will Only Add It’s Okay For Her to
    Do Poetry Sing And He to Find The Soul of His

    Whole Body
    in A Dance

    That Unifies

    All the Poetry
    And Song As

    One Force of Creativity
    Springing So Deep As

    Soul Continues to

    Grow Everywhere

    So Far Beyond Time
    Distance Space and
    Only Matters of Things With SMiLes…

    And All Labels and Categories That
    Otherwise Might Divide Human Beings

    Into Restrictions

    of All the Potentials

    We Come to Believe and Do even more..:)

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