Secret Garden: Books

The Prophet - About Time

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:35:53 GMT

Time And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time?" And he answered: You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows... [read more]

The Prophet - About Talking

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:04:39 GMT

Talking And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking." And he answered, saying: You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold... [read more]

The Prophet - About Friendship

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:50 GMT

Friendship And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship." Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay." And when he is... [read more]

The Prophet - About Teaching

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:09:27 GMT

Teaching Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of Teaching." And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of our knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of wisdom, but rather... [read more]

The Prophet - About Self-Knowledge

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Self-Knowledge And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge." And he answered, saying: Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always know in thought. You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams. And it is well you should. The hidden... [read more]

The Prophet - About Pain

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:10:17 GMT

Pain And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain." And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; And you would accept... [read more]

The Prophet - About Reason and Passion

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:08:32 GMT

Reason and Passion And the priestess spoke again and said: "Speak to us of Reason and Passion." And he answered saying: Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody. But... [read more]

Another end..

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:59:58 GMT

I'm writing this from work ... Today Faten, The social worker and a friend of mine, quit work. we made her a surprise little party, gifts, a photos album and a video to summerize our experiences together. It hurts... again, another friend leaves.. another shared life gets to its end. I hate this after the hard experience I've had after leaving Jordan .. I just hate it! ... [read more]

نهاية رجل شجاع

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:00 GMT

انه زمن البطولات ... ليس زمن وجودها , بل زمن انتظارها. كلنا ننتظر ذاك الرجل الشجاع ، ذلك الأسطورة ... مهما كانت اوصافه فيما نكتب ، مهما كانت صورته في مخيلاتنا.. كلنا ننتظر. لهذا تجمعت الجماهير العربية لتمجد جمال عبد الناصر .. ولهذا تجمهرت امام ابطال الثورات .. وصدام حسين و حسن نصرالله .. ولهذا ايضا خلت شوارع الدول العربية من روادها في رمضان ، لتنافسها شاشة التلفاز في بثها لباب الحارة.. ولهذا... [read more]

تحت شمس الضحى

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:38:01 GMT

مقطع من رواية تحت شمس الضحى قبل البدايـة تحت شمس الضحى، وأمام شجرتي لوز تظللان الساحة التحتا لبيتها، وعلى مرأى من رفِّ طيور الدوري وبلبلين يطاردان بعضهما بعضاً في شجرة التين بجانبها. أمام ذلك الفيض الهائل من الهواء النقي، الهواء الطريّ الناعم، وعلى مرأى ثلاثين نافذة على الأقل، وعشرين صبياً عادوا لاكتشاف اللعب في الساحة الترابية بعد شتاء طويل. وقفت أم الوليد، المرأة السروة التي تجاوزت... [read more]

اعراس آمنة

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:37:05 GMT

مقاطع من رواية أعراس آمنة - ابراهيم نصر الله كانت واحدة من الليالي الثقيلة .. لا أستطيع وصفها بأقل من ذلك خطر لي أن أقوم بكتابة تحقيق صحفي عنوانه (من يستطيع النوم ؟ ) ولكنني لم أفعل، فقد كان يكفي أن أقوم بكتابة هواجسي الليلية، يوماً بعد يوم، لأدركَ ما الذي يحدث في (غزّة) . كانت واحدة من الليالي الثقيلة لستُ أدري في أيِّ وقت استطعتُ إغلاق عينيّ، رغم أنني بتُّ أشكُّ تماماً، فيما إذا... [read more]

طفل الممحاة

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:34:50 GMT

ومن "طفل الممحاة" ... لإبراهيم نصر الله الفصل الأول دَرْس الزَّغب.. درس التَّعب! عتبة الحياة التي تبدأ من سطح حين أدرك أن ثمة شيئاً غريباً قد حدث في رأس العريف فؤاد، قرر أن يعيد له حياته متتبعا مسارها منذ اليوم الأول الذي التقاه فيه. v v v : أنظر جيداً. قال له. حاول العريف فؤاد أن يحدق ما استطاع في الجهة التي حددها له صاحبه، فلم ير شيئا. : هل ترى ما أراه؟ هز العريف فؤاد رأسه،... [read more]

زمن الخيول البيضاء

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:32:00 GMT

وهذا احد فصول الرواية الرائعة لإبراهيم نصر الله ... بالمنسابة هذا هو الموقع الرئيسي للكاتب : http://www.althakerah.net/domains/inner.php?ThakID=1 1- وصول الحمامة معجزةٌ كاملة تجسَّدتْ... أمام المضافة، تحت شجرة التوت، كان الحاج محمود يجلس بجانب ولده خالد، مع عدد من رجال القرية، رأوا في البعيد غباراً قادما، داهمه حسٌّ غريب، ومع مرور اللحظات، كان الغبار يتلاشى ويحتلُّ مكانَه بياضٌ لم... [read more]

زيتون الشوارع

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:24:31 GMT

لا يوجد افضل من ابراهيم نصر الله وملهاته الفلسطينية لوصف احوالنا نحن الفلسطينيين .. وفي ظل ما يحدث يوميا في الأراضي الفلسطينية ، في غزة ، في المخيمات اجمعها فأنني لا اجد سوى هذه الملهاة الفلسطينية .. تعيد لي وللكثيرين بعضا من غبار تلك الأيام ، بعضا من بساطتها ، بعضا من كرامة ناسها حينها المنتهكة في يومنا هذا.. ورغم مرارة الأحداث ، الا اننا ندرك ان مرارة الواقع تفوق الخيال كثيرا .. تفوق حتى القصص... [read more]

The Prophet - About Freedom

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:12:39 GMT

Freedom And an orator said, "Speak to us of Freedom." And he answered: At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom, Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them. Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and... [read more]

The prophet - About Laws

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:55:44 GMT

Laws Then a lawyer said, "But what of our Laws, master?" And he answered: You delight in laying down laws, Yet you delight more in breaking them. Like children playing by the ocean who build sand-towers with constancy and then destroy them with laughter. But while you build your sand-towers the ocean brings more sand to the shore, And when you destroy them, the ocean laughs with you... [read more]

The Prophet - About Crime and Punishment

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:11:21 GMT

Crime and Punishment Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment." And he answered saying: It is when your spirit goes wandering upon the wind, That you, alone and unguarded, commit a wrong unto others and therefore unto yourself. And for that wrong committed must you knock and wait a while unheeded at the gate of the blessed. Like the... [read more]

The Prophet - About Buying and Selling

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:10:03 GMT

Buying and Selling And a merchant said, "Speak to us of Buying and Selling." And he answered and said: To you the earth yields her fruit, and you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands. It is in exchanging the gifts of the earth that you shall find abundance and be satisfied. Yet unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to... [read more]

The Prophet - About Clothes

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:01:14 GMT

Clothes And the weaver said, "Speak to us of Clothes." And he answered: Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment, For the breath of life is in the sunlight and... [read more]

The Prophet - About Houses

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:47:00 GMT

Houses A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses." And he answered and said: Build of your imaginings a bower in the wilderness ere you build a house within the city walls. For even as you have home-comings in your twilight, so has the wanderer in you, the ever distant and alone. Your house is your larger body. It grows in the sun and sleeps in the stillness of the night; and... [read more]