Aalways with poetry and metaphors, Khalil Gibran reveals the beauty of the world and human nature, the essence of things beyond their illusory appearances. Dense and deep, this illustrious text should not be taken lightly. Read from one end to the other or punctual companion, there will always be a word in tune with the moment to help understand or accept not to understand certain things in life. Khalil Gibran gives us the deep meaning of things, like a consciousness awakening which makes us see the marvelous in the banal things of everyday life. Because it is indeed the function of poetry, undoubtedly the only existing language which can approach the meaning of the divine using words. But only to approach it, after, everything is experimentation.
It is time for Almustafa, the beloved prophet of the city of Orphalese, to leave the island to return to his country of birth. Before his departure, the oracle Almitra and the citizens of the city asked him, however, to give him his knowledge about Love, Work, Children, etc ... Thus, he transmitted his message of light that remains the trace of his passage on Earth.