[ti:On Marriage by Kahill Gibran]
[ar:Meryl Streep]
[al:]
[00:00.00]On Marriage by Kahill Gibran - Meryl Streep
[00:07.06]You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
[00:13.27]You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
[00:19.41]Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
[00:25.63]But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
[00:30.18]And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
[00:35.68]Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
[00:40.84]Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
[00:46.28]Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
[00:53.69]Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
[01:01.14]Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
[01:11.63]Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
[01:19.58]Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
[01:24.51]For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
[01:29.66]And stand together yet not too near together:
[01:36.31]For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
[01:43.32]And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.