You may or may not have heard about this brilliant poet so as an introduction, let me quote George Russell’s words about Gibran: “I do not think the East has spoken with so beautiful a voice since the Gitanjali of Rabindranath Tagore as in The Prophet of Kahlil Gibran”.

Although renowned as a poet he was also a painter through which he tried to communicate his impeccable wisdom about life and its nature. Gibran’s thoughts and paintings are so profound that they help us to see through many superficial facets of life and the materiality that covers the profoundness of nature.

Among his many glorious writings are ‘The Prophet’ which speaks of marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy, sorrow, bliss, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crimes and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self knowledge, teaching, friendship, good and evil, prayer, beauty, pleasure, death and you name it!

Born in Lebanon in 1883, he migrated to the United States with his family in 1894 where he would spend most of his life until his death in New York in 1931. Having an authorship for over 25 books, Gibran soon earned popularity not only as a poet and an artist but also as a prophet due to the nature of his writings.

He often aims directly at the expression of spiritual inner life of man but what makes him so popular is his simplicity. Any mundane person could read Gibran’s works and perfectly understand what he means with a message that has smoothly pierced through to the very bottom of one’s heart. So, in modern day terms, we could even call him a ‘silent killer’ in a sense. His intensions are also clearly demonstrated through his writings. He wanted to bring about a spiritual awakening in the man kind. He wanted to direct and guide people to see beyond the bliss in to understanding life in its true nature and as of today, we can see that he surely did accomplish his task. Although so many years have flown behind after his demise, he is one poet, a philosopher and an artist that is truly cherished up to day.