The Prophet Page #5

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before anyone else gets them.

To make sure they're not destroyed. Okay?

Mmm-hmm.

Good. Then later you can

share them with people.

Remember when you and I flew on the wind?

My words are my wings.

And you are my messenger.

So, go on. Go!

I'll keep them safe, Mustafa.

Wait.

You're gonna crush me.

Are you all right, Mama?

Oh, yes, I'm very all right.

The guards. Go, go, quick!

I'll handle them.

Hey there, boys,

anybody want to see

some of my French postcards?

I offer you one last chance

to renounce your teachings.

I have only spoken to the people

of things they already

knew in their hearts.

This would change nothing.

Refuse to sign this,

and there will be nothing left of you.

Not even your work.

We'll burn it all.

Every last word and image.

The people will remember them

long after I'm gone.

To the poet's house.

Look, Mama, I found another one!

Good, good.

Huh!

Mustafa!

- Mustafa!

- Mustafa!

We'll miss you, brother!

Farewell, people of Orphalese!

"Patient is the captain of my ship

"And restless are the sails

"The mariners have heard the song

of the sea and will wait no longer"

I am ready.

"Do not forget

that I will come back to you

"A little while,

and my longing shall gather

"Dust and foam for another body

"A little while

"A moment of rest upon the wind

"And another woman shall bear me

"Farewell to you

And the youth I have spent with you

"It was just yesterday we met in a dream

"But now sleep has fled

Our dream is over and we must part

"If in the twilight of memory

We should meet once more

"We will speak together again

And you shall sing me a deeper song"

Phew!

Look! There he is, Mama!

What? Who, Almitra?

Where?

Mustafa! There!

I'm sorry, my little one, but he's...

No, look! On the ship!

See?

I do, Almitra.

I do.

"When you part from your friend

You grieve not

"For that which you love most in him

May be clearer in his absence

"And let there be no purpose in friendship

"Save the deepening of the spirit"

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