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Khalil Gibran book


 What is love? What are the real means of Broken Wings? 


     I have gotten these questions answered by the book Broken Wings which is written by Kahlil Gibran. In this book, I have gotten what is love? So love is the most strong and weak feeling. When you have someone whom you love, it will make you strong but when it comes to the loss of the person that you love the most, it will make you vulnerable and dejected which becomes your weakness. Now, what are the real means of broken wings? The answer is Broken Wings just not means that the wings are broken it is such a situation when your life is destroyed and your heart is broken to live a hurtful life and nothing you will find hand except a broken heart like a broken wing. Hearts can't get what it loves and wings are useless they are broken it does not have the power to fly with freedom. 

     The love of a man for women we can take the instance of our writer Kahlil Gibran who fell in love with a girl named Salma Karamy.

      The Broken Wings is a novel book which is penned by Kahlil Gibran. This book was published in the early 20th century 1912. The author has written many books like The Prophet and Madman. Kahlil Gibran was neglected for a long time as a scholar and critic but he continued working to bring improvement.


     The Broken Wings is a story which is based on the real-life of Kahlil who falls in love with a pretty lady whose name is Salma. Furthermore, his life was full of sorrows, hardships, and obstacles. He used to dream about living in heaven which is too much beauty in this story. He meets with a beautiful and white-dressed girl. He feels love for her and gets married as well. It is just a dream.


Once Kahlil met his father's friend and who was very close to his father. Gibran didn't know him before but after this, both became familiar after gathering with him. After that Gibran was called to visit his house. Gibran didn't know that it will be a changing point in his life.


Kahlil Gibran went to his home and there his eyes glanced at a beautiful lady that was his father's friend's daughter named Salma. Gibran fell in love with her. He used to visit more to meet Salma. He used to visit once a day to see her. Salma also fell in love with him and they communicated with each other every day.


With time, they both decided to get married to each other but due to financial problems, they could not marry. A few months later, Salma married a rich man whose name was Monsour but he was a cruel person. Therefore, Salma was not happy with her husband. After five years of their marriage, Salma got pregnant and during the birth of her child, she passed away as well as her child passed away and they were buried together.


When Kahlil listened to her death then He became dejected. After this, it seemed that he has also buried his heart in Salma's grave. He became completely mentally ill and broken from the inside as he was having broken wings that can't fly with freedom. His life ends with Salma's death.



Gulbano M.Naeem Shah

The writer is a student at I-WELL Academy Turbat



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