本书收录了《先知》《沙与沫》《泪与笑》。它们代表了纪伯伦不同时期的散文诗的不同风格。《先知》和《泪与笑》是由一个个短小精悍的篇章组成,但咏叹式的抒情、蕴含的哲理却让人反复品味。他用简洁的寓言故事启示深刻的哲理,用热情洋溢的情感来歌咏“爱”和“美”。《沙与沫》以自然景物“沙”“泡沫”为比喻,寓意着人在社会之中如同沙之微小,事物如同泡沫一般的虚幻。
The Prophet
2 The Coming of the Ship
8 On Love
12 On Marriage
14 On Children
16 On Giving
20 On Eating and Drinking
22 On Work
26 On Joy and Sorrow
28 On Houses
31 On Clothes
33 On Buying and Selling
35 On Crime and Punishment
40 On Laws
43 On Freedom
46 On Reason and Passion
48 On Pain
50 On Self-Knowledge
52 On Teaching
54 On Friendship
56 On Talking
58 On Time
60 On Good and Evil
63 On Prayer
65 On Pleasure
68 On Beauty
71 On Religion
73 On Death
75 The Farewell
Sand and Foam
A Tears and a Smile
132 Laughter and Tears
136 Before the Throne of Beauty
139 The City of the Dead
142 A Poet’s Death Is His Life
145 Vision
147 Yesterday and Today
151 The Criminal
153 Leave Me, My Blamer
156 Song of the Wave
159 Song of the Rain
卡里·纪伯伦(Kahlil Gibran,1883-1931),黎巴嫩诗人、画家,被称为“艺术天才”“黎巴嫩文坛骄子”,亦与泰戈尔并称为“站在东西方文化桥梁上的巨人”。纪伯伦的作品中蕴含了丰富的社会性和东方精神,既有浪漫抒情的诗意,又有严肃冷峻的理性思考,蕴含着深刻的哲理。纪伯伦堪称黎巴嫩杰出且享有世界声誉的作家,他的绘画亦享有极高的美誉,是阿拉伯现代文学复兴运动的先驱之一,阿拉伯现代小说和散文的主要奠基者,与鲁迅和泰戈尔同为近代东方文学走向世界的先驱。其主要代表作品有《先知》《沙与沫》《泪与笑》等。