纪·哈·纪伯伦（Kahlil Gibran）是美籍黎巴嫩阿拉伯作家。被称为“艺术天才”“黎巴嫩文坛骄子”，是阿拉伯文学的主要奠基人，20世纪阿拉伯新文学道路的开拓者之一。其主要作品有《泪与笑》《先知》《沙与沫》等，蕴含了丰富的社会性和东方精神，不以情节为重，旨在抒发丰富的情感。纪伯伦和鲁迅、泰戈尔一样是近代东方文学走向世界的先驱。

Seven times have Idespised my soul 

• The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.  第一次，当它本可进取时，却故作谦卑； 
• The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.  第二次，当它在空虚时，用爱欲来填充； 
• The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.  第三次，在困难和容易之间，它选择了容易； 
• The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong. 第四次，它犯了错，却借由别人也会犯错来宽慰自己； 
• The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength. 第五次，它自由软弱，却把它认为是生命的坚韧； 
• The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks. 第六次，当它鄙夷一张丑恶的嘴脸时，却不知那正是自己面具中的一副； 
• And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue. 第七次，它侧身于生活的污泥中，虽不甘心，却又畏首畏尾。