History: The Prophet: On Death

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||On Death| Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."| And he said:| You would know the secret of death.| But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?| The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.| If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.| For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.| In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;| And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.| Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.| Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.| Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?| Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?| For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?| And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?| Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.| And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.| And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.| || ||((The Prophet|The Prophet)) |le prije ctuca / le pijyctu (the wise teacher) ((The Prophet: The Coming of the Ship)) |.i nu selklama le bloti ((The Prophet: On Love)) |lo ka prami ((The Prophet: On Marriage)) |lo nu speni ((The Prophet: On Children)) |lo panzi ((The Prophet: On Giving)) |lo nu dunda ((The Prophet: On Eating and Drinking)) |lo nu citka je pinxe ((The Prophet: On Work)) |lo zu'o gunka ((The Prophet: On Joy and Sorrow)) |lo li'i gleki je badri ((The Prophet: On Houses)) |lo zdani ((The Prophet: On Clothes)) |lo taxfu ((The Prophet: On Buying and Selling)) |lo nu tevecnu je vecnu ((The Prophet: On Crime and Punishment)) |lo zekri .e lo nu sfasa ((The Prophet: On Laws)) |lo flalu ((The Prophet: On Freedom)) |lo za'i zifre ((The Prophet: On Reason and Passion)) | lo nu krinu pensi .e lo se cinmo ((The Prophet: On Pain)) | lo nu dunku ((The Prophet: On Self-Knowledge)) | lo nu sevzi djuno ((The Prophet: On Teaching)) | lo nu ctuca ((The Prophet: On Friendship)) | lo nu pendo ((The Prophet: On Talking)) | lo nu tavla ((The Prophet: On Time)) | lo temci ((The Prophet: On Good and Evil)) | lo ka vrude .e lo ka pacna ((The Prophet: On Prayer)) | lo nu jdaselsku ((The Prophet: On Pleasure)) | lo za'i pluka ((The Prophet: On Beauty)) | lo ka melbi ((The Prophet: On Religion)) | lo lijde ((The Prophet: On Death)) | lo nu morsi ((The Prophet: The Farewell)) | le nu cusku zo co'o||