Kahlil Gibran: 84 books

ALMUSTAFA, the chosen and the beloved, who was a noon unto his own day, returned to the isle of his birth in the month of Tichreen, which is the month of remembrance. And as his ship approached the harbour, he stood upon its prow, and his mariners were about him. And there was a homecoming in his...

Exquisite writings on love, marriage, and the spiritual union of souls add a fresh dimension to our understanding of the philosophy of love and the transformation of one's life through its all-encompassing power.

THE SCENE The garden outside of the home of Lazarus and his mother and sisters in Bethany Late afternoon of Monday, the day after the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth from the grave. At curtain rise: Mary is at right gazing up towards the hills. Martha is seated at her loom near the house door, left. The Madman is seated around the corner of the house, and against its wall, down left.

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this volume we look at Death, the end of mortality. Through the eyes and minds...

Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for a wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing in her hands the fruit of his toil and the revenue of hi s diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart, which...

The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children,...

The Madman

The prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage,...

Ocho años antes de su muerte un profeta abandona el pueblo donde ha vivido y antes de irse la gente le pide que hable de ciertos temas, cada uno de los cuales forma un capítulo del libro. Estos temas son: el amor, el matrimonio, los hijos, el dar, el comer y el beber, el trabajo, la alegría y el...

A book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the author of "The Prophet" - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below.

Ocho años antes de su muerte un profeta abandona el pueblo donde ha vivido y antes de irse la gente le pide que hable de ciertos temas, cada uno de los cuales forma un capítulo del libro. Estos temas son: el amor, el matrimonio, los hijos, el dar, el comer y el beber, el trabajo, la alegría y el...

**　　●黎巴嫩作家紀伯侖代表作，有「小聖經」的美稱 　　●出版至今被翻譯超過50種語言，全球發行量破千萬 　　●此書被歐美評論家喻之為「東方世界最美妙的聲音」 　　●匯合東方神秘意識與西方浪漫主義，獨樹一幟的「紀伯侖風格」 　　●同時收錄中英文經典版本，值得永久珍藏** **　　28首炙烈深情的詠歎調，跨越時空的永恆經典。 　　為迷路徬徨的人生旅者，指引一條清晰的道路。** 　　《先知》一書，由二十八篇散文詩組成。紀伯侖藉由先知的臨別贈言，論述生活中的種種課題，譬如愛、婚姻、孩子、工作、快樂與悲傷、法律、自由、友誼、善與惡、宗教及死亡，詩意的文字帶有豐富想像力和生動的象徵手法，闡釋深沉的情感和人生真諦。 　　譬如自由，他說「當你們不再將自由當成目標和成就時，才能得到真正的自由。」論及工作，他說：「勞動不懈，即是對生命最深沉的熱愛。」說到快樂與悲傷：「悲傷在你心頭刻蝕得愈深，你便能容納愈多的歡樂。」對婚姻的看法：「彼此相愛，但不要讓愛成為羈絆。」關於孩子，他說：「你的孩子並不是你的，他們是生命對自己的渴望所衍生的兒女。你是一把弓，孩子猶如活箭，從你那裡射發。」…… 　　這些道理雋永、深刻而且直指人心，當我們為現實人生的困境焦慮或迷惑，渴望獲得些許指引或救贖，先知流水般優美的言語便緩緩引領每個靈魂步向真理國度，不但讓心靈覓得依歸，其中蘊含的哲理也讓我們堅定了信念和勇氣。 　　《先知》所言完全不帶權威性的教誨，也不屬任何教派或主義，紀伯侖像個慈祥的長者，懷抱著對全人類的熱愛，在你我的身旁殷殷叮囑，它之所以成為一本永恆的經典絕非偶然。自1923年出版以來，《先知》以謙遜深刻的智慧席捲人心造成一股風潮，誠如羅斯福總統所言，它是「從東方吹來橫掃西方的風暴」，文中散發強烈的東方意識也被視為「東方贈給西方的最好禮物」。 　　人心浮動、社會紛亂的年代，我們亟需真誠、深刻的智慧來安撫、沉澱焦躁不安的靈魂，反省生命的終極價值。紀伯侖以畢生心力撰寫的「心靈小聖經」，即使過了近百年，這些觀念和道理仍能跨越時空、永恆受用。本書值得每個時代的讀者，一次又一次，細細思索、品讀。 名人推薦 　　政大阿拉伯語文學系教授 ...

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