Origins: On Children Kahlil Gibran- Recorded by?

12 Nov 22 - 02:49 PM (#4157454)
Subject: Origins: On Children Kahlil Gibran- Recorded by?
From: GUEST,David

I was recently reminded of a poem by Kahlil Gibran called On Children. I am sure I have heard a folk group sing this, but who was it? I thought maybe the Poozies. But can't find it. Any ideas?

The poem is:
   
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children.
    And he said:
    Your children are not your children.
    They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
    They come through you but not from you,
    And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

    You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
    For they have their own thoughts.
    You may house their bodies but not their souls,
    For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
    You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
    For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
    You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
    The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
    Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
    For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

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12 Nov 22 - 07:28 PM (#4157472)
Subject: RE: Origins: On Children Kahlil Gibran- Recorded by?
From: rich-joy

I learnt it from a c.1988 recording by Sweet Honey in the Rock - Ysaye M. Barnwell / Khalil Gibran :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0rzHq_0xU

Cheers, R-J

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12 Nov 22 - 09:38 PM (#4157477)
Subject: RE: Origins: On Children Kahlil Gibran- Recorded by?
From: Joe Offer

"On Children" was written by Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931). It is from The Prophet, published in 1923. It was set to music in 1981 by Ysaye M. Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock.

I've found recordings by:

Sweet Honey in the Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYAkcL36aCE

Roy Bailey: https://youtu.be/qOofOvCaF6Q

MUSE Cincinnati Women's Chorus: https://youtu.be/IMt6jIYiOvs

Temple University Women's Chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRAVnnW2hY

The Flirtations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJRAVnnW2hY

Damien Rice (different melody): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g0RZh0GlgQ


And that's not all.

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13 Nov 22 - 11:33 AM (#4157503)
Subject: RE: Origins: On Children Kahlil Gibran- Recorded by?
From: GUEST,David

Thanks for the info.

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