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This episode is brought to you by The Sound of Rain under an Umbrella. Tonight I'll read The Prophet by the Lebanese American poet and

writer Kaleel Gibran published in 1923. The Prophet has been translated in over 100 languages,

making it one of the most translated books in history, and it's never been out of print.

Let's get cozy.

close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

al-Mustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited 12 years in the city of

Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the aisle of his birth.

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