A través de estos poemas breves, Kahlil Gibran despierta una sensibilidad hacia la búsqueda del absoluto, de la verdad y del infinito que hay en todo ser humano. La vida, el pasado y el futuro, la libertad, la belleza, el espíritu y la materia son tratados desde una profunda y radical religiosidad. Por medio del lenguaje poético, su mensaje pone al lector en contacto con su emotividad.
Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.