CINTA DAN BENCI
Karya: Kahlil Gibran

Seorang wanita berkata pada seorang pria, “Aku cinta kamu.” Dan pria itu berkata, “Rasa cintamu sangat berarti bagi hidupku.”

Si wanita berkata lagi, “Engkau tidak mencintaiku?” Pria itu hanya memandangnya dan tak sepatah kata pun terucap dari mulutnya.

Dengan suara lantang wanita itu berkata, “Aku benci kau.”

Kemudian si pria berkata, “Kebencianmu sangat berarti bagiku.”

Kahlil Gibran
Buku: Sang Pengelana (1932) – Kahlil Gibran

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LOVE AND HATE
By: Kahlil Gibran

A woman said unto a man, “I love you.” And the man said, “It is in my heart to be worthy of your love.”

Ant he woman said, “You love me not?”

And the man only gazed upon her and said nothing.

Then the woman cried aloud, “I hate you.”

And the man said, “Then it is also in my heart to be worthy of your hate.”

Kahlil Gibran
Book: The Wanderer (1932) – Kahlil Gibran