2. Stanza 1
I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven
By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn
Her fields and valleys.
Vocabulary
Adorn – to decorate or to add beauty to
3. Stanza 2
I am beautiful pearls, plucked from the
Crown of Ishtar by the daughter of Dawn
To embellish the gardens.
Vocabulary
Ishtar – the divine personification of the planet Venus
Embellish- decorate
4. Stanza 3
When I cry the hills laugh;
When I humble myself the flowers rejoice;
When I bow, all things are elated.
Vocabulary
Elated – very happy and excited
Rejoice – feel or show great joy or delight
5. Stanza 4
The field and the cloud are lovers
And between them I am a messenger of mercy.
I quench the thirst of one;
I cure the ailment of the other.
6. Stanza 5
The voice of thunder declares 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.
Vocabulary
Declare – to announce
Upraised- move upwards
7. Summary (1-19 lines)
Song Of The Rain was included in the famous
book Tears And Laughter by the U.SArabic- Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran who
wrote it in free verse. It is written in the form
of the Rain herself singing her song as she
comes down. Rain is beautifully personified
here.
8. Rain is the sigh of the sea, the laughter of the
field and the tears of the Heaven and Love.
One will wonder how scientific Kahlil Gibran
was. It is as if he has entered the very soul
of the Rain to sing on her behalf. This song
is only one of Gibran's hilarious and
exquisite creations.
Kahlil Gibran's song of the rain is a song
sung by the rain which describes the
dangerous journey of rain.
9. Hots Question
Q.
When I cry the hills laugh;
When I humble myself the flowers rejoice;
When I bow, all things are elated.
Analyse these lines and interpret it with what
you think the poet is trying to convey.
10. Answer
These are the verses taken from the poem
“song of the rain” written by Kahlil Gibran.
Here, the poet in place of the rain is trying to
convey that when she rains, the hills turn
lush green and makes nature very beautiful
to watch. In the next verse he tries to
convey that when it drizzles the flowers
open up wide and charming. In the third
verse the rain admires himself for the fact
that when it rains all things gain beauty and
rises with joy.
