Ar Profed

Ar Profed zo ul levr 26 fablenn skrivet e komz-plaen barzhoniel saoznek gant ar barzh ha prederour libanat-stadunanat Kahlil Gibran. Er bloaz 1923 e voe embannet evit ar wezh kenta, hag oberenn vrudeta Gibran eo. Troet eo bet Ar Profed e tremen 100 yezh, ar pezh a ra anezha unan eus al levrio a zo bet troet an aliesa en Istor. Biskoazh n'eus bet paouezet d'e voulla.

An danevella a ginnig ar Profed Almoustafa, a zo bet e-pad daouzek vloaz o c'hortoz al lestr e gaso d'e vro c'henidik en diwezh. Kent dezha mont kuit, lod annezidi eus kr Orfalez a c'houlenn diganta treuzkas dezho evit ar wezh diwezha e sojo war meur a dachenn ("Komzit ouzhimp a-zivout..."). Distaga a ra ar Profed 26 prezegenn a sell ouzh goulenno diazez e buhez mab-den, eleze ar garantez, euredi, bugale, rei, debri hag eva, labourat, levenez ha glac'har, tiez, dilhad, prena ha gwerzha, torfed ha kastiz, lezenno, ar frankiz, ar skiant-vat hag an trelat, ar boan, an emanaoudegezh, kelenn, ar geneilded, komz, an amzer, ar mad hag ar fall, ar pedi, ar blijadur, ar gened, ar relijion, hag ar marv da ziwezha. E dibenn al levr, Almoustafa a genblezh e gomzo a gimiad hag ur gaoz a-zivout an dalvoudegezh.

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The Prophet is a book of 26 fables written in English prose poetry by the Lebanese-American poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. It was first published in 1923 and is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. It has never been out of print.

The narrative introduces us to the Prophet Almustafa, who has waited twelve years for his ship, which will finally take him back to his homeland. Before leaving, some inhabitants of the city of Orphalese ask him to convey to them his insights on various topics for the last time ("Speak to us of..."). The Prophet relates 26 sermons that deal with basic questions of human life, namely 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 finally death. In the final chapter, Almustafa interweaves a discussion about the question of meaning into his parting words.