The Prophet (book)
The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in Arabic in 1923 by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Al-mustafa 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, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. The book, Gibran's best known work, was followed by The Garden of The Prophet (published posthumously in 1933).
Versions and interpretations
- 1974 – The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran: A Musical Interpretation featuring Richard Harris. Music composed by Arif Mardin, Atlantic Records
- 2007 – Myriam of Lebanon - A lyrical philosophy of ambiance steadfastly established on Khalil Gibran's The Prophet by rural philosopher-poet Richard Mc Sweeney (Richard of Éire)
- 2008 – The Prophet was translated to Maltese, Il-Profeta by the Maltese writer Victor Fenech
References
- 1995 – Lyricist and vocalist Layne Staley references The Prophet in the first verse of River of Deceit - the third track of the album "Above" by the Seattle super-group Mad Season.
External links
- The Prophet
- The Prophet (public domain in Canada)