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IFFCO, GANDHIDHAM

25 NOVEMBER 2014

By Kahlil

Gibran

Topic:-

Song Of The Rain

The historical background

of Kahlil Gibran

KHALIL GIBRAN

Kahlil Gibran full name Gibran Kahlil Gibran .

(January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese artist, poet, and writer.

Born in the town of bsharri in the north of modern-day lebanon (then part of mount lebanon mutasarrifate, ottoman empire), as a young man he immigrated with his family to the united states, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic.

In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero.

He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet

of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi.

Poem

I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven by the gods. Nature then takes me,

to adorn her fields and valleys.

I am beautiful pearls,plucked from the crown of Ishtar by the daughter of dawn to embellish the gardens.

When I cry the hills laugh; When I humble myself the flowers rejoice; When I bow,all things are elated.

The field and the cloud are lovers and between them I am a messenger of mercy. I quench the thirst of the one; I cure the aliment of the other.

The voice of thunder declare my arrival; The rainbow announces my departure.

I am like earthly life which begins at the feet of the mad elements and ends under the upraised wings of death.

I emerge from the heart of the sea and sore with the breeze. When I see a field in need, I descend and embrace the flowers and the trees in a millions little ways.

I touch gently at the windows with my soft fingers, and my announced is a welcome song. All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.I am the sigh of the sea; the laughter of the field; the tears of heaven.

So with love-Sighs from the deep sea of affection; Laughter from the colourful field of the sprits; Tears from the endless heaven of memories.

Summary

'Song of the Rain' is a beautiful poem appealing to the sensitive hearts touched by the heavenly beauty of the rains. The poet, Kahlil Gibran composed this poem as a eulogy in praise of rain and its affection for earth.

The poem is written in the first person, and rain itself is the speaker. Rain has held a mirror to its identity and activity in the poem.

Rains look like 'silver threads' while falling on earth. It is a divine gift from the gods to nature.

Nature accepts this gift as a blessing to nourish and nurture her 'fields and valleys'. Rains are as beautiful as pearls. Rain drops shine with the white gleams of Rain springs up from the deep of seas and oceans. It’s soars to great heights with the breeze and then, comes back to its source.

Rain drops shine with the white gleams of Rain springs up from the deep of seas and oceans. It’s soars to great heights with the breeze and then, comes back to its source.

Thus rain runs round in a cyclic process. Out of its caring attitude towards earth, this natural phenomenon comes down to nourish, refresh and rejuvenate flowers and trees in a million ways.

The verity is that not everyone can percept the soothing feel, affectionate nature and caring attitude of the rain. The song of the rain does not warm every heart.

Only the sensitive hearts can be touched by it. the pearls in the 'crown of Ishtar', goddess of fertility and love in the Babylonian Pantheon.

Keywords

Adorn: to decorate or add beauty to.

Ishtar: Goddess of fertility, love, war ,in the Babylonian Pantheon, she “was the divine personification of the planet Venus”.

Embellish: decorate.

Elated: very

happy and

excited.

Quench: satisfy thirst.

Upraised: lifted

or moved upward

s.

Embellish : decorate

Aliment : disease

Soar : fly high

Embra

ce: takes in my arms

Message

Rain is legendary. It is what caused and preserved life in this planet.

Life which arrived in some meteorite particle and remained in the sky was brought down to the earth in a rain.

When it rained incessantly for months and months, the world submerged in floods but Noah with a few samples of life forms escaped in his Ark.

When water subsided he offered a sacrifice and prayer to God who solaced and assured man that he

will never again destroy world through water. As a token of his covenant, he laid his beautiful bow on the rain clouds.

After the rain, when the rainbow appears God is reminded of his promise to man that he will not destroy the world again with rain. It is true, after the rainbow there is no rain, though there is excellent scientific reason for the

same.

Questions &

Answers

1. How does the rain define itself ? The rain call itself the shimmering

drops falling one after another from heaven, sent by god.

2. Why has nature adopted the rain? Nature has adopted it add beauty

to the fields and valleys.

3. How are the arrival and departure of the rain announced ?

The sound of lightning announces the arrival and rainbow announces the departure

4. What happens when rain cry and humble ?When the rain cry, the hills laugh and when it humble the flowers rejoice.

5. From where the rain came from ? The rain is beautiful pearl which is

plucked from the crown of stars by the daughter of

dawn.6. What do you mean by ‘crown of

Ishtar’ ? Crown of Ishtar means crown worn

by the goddess of fertility.

7. How does the rain touch the windows ? The rain touches the windows with its soft fingers.

8. Who can hear and ‘understand’ the rain ?

All can hear but only souls can understand the rain.

9. How does rain fall down from heaven ?

The rain falls down like tears from the endless sky/heaven.

10. What the rain do when she sow the fields in need ?

The rain descend and embrace the flowers and the trees in a million little ways.

11. What do you understands by the sighs from the deep sea of affection ?

The falling of the rain is a pleasing experience when water vapour arise from the sea it appears as if the sea is emitting deep breaths while sighing when the rain drops fall, the field seem to be laughing.

12.What is the rain for the colorful fields ?

It is like laughter for the colorful fields.

13.What is the poetic device used in the line ‘I am like earthly life’ ?

Simile is the poetic device

14.For whom does the rain act as ‘Messenger of Mercy’ ?

For cloud and field.

15.What of the arrival of rain look like ? The arrival of rain look like a welcome song.

16.How does the rain acts as the messenger of mercy ?

The rain acts as a messenger of mercy between two lovers,

the field and the cloud.

17.Why did the nature sends the rain ? Nature sends the rain to aborn its fields and valleys.

18.What is the rain for the sea, fields and the sky ?

It is sigh of the sea, laughter of the land and tears of the sky.

19.Name the poet of the poem ‘song of the rain’

Khalil Gibran20.Who declares, the rains arrival and departure ?

Thunder declares the arrival of rain and rainbow declares the departure of rain

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