DEFEAT - A Life Changing Poem by Kahlil Gibran | Recited by Simerjeet Singh | Inspirational Poems for Tough Times - Poetry That Inspires

DEFEAT - A Life Changing Poem by Kahlil Gibran | Recited by Simerjeet Singh | Inspirational Poems for Tough Times - Poetry That Inspires

In his poem Defeat, the poet Kahlil Gibran portrays defeat as something that can affect a person in a positive way. By the means of this inspirational poem, he wants to change everyone's perspective about failure as Khalil Gibran believes that the wisdom of learning from failure is incontrovertible. Through this motivational poem, he wants to convey a message that every failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise. Success in many cases is failure turned inside out. Don’t ever give up on your dreams!

There are many lessons that only defeats and setbacks can teach us. Embrace them with open arms and learn from them. There are people who have never been defeated because they are the ones who never fought. Defeat is a prove that you fought.

Such life-changing poems in English give people the internal strength they need to overcome a problem or to reach a goal. Poems and poetry can even inspire people to work towards a cause or become a better person.

So what'd you think about DEFEAT after listening to this poem? Do let us know in the comment section below.

DEFEAT

Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.

Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.

Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.

Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.

Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.

~ Kahlil Gibran

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