دمعة و ابتسامة

Kahlil Gibran first published this collection in Arabic in 1914 as دمعة وابتسامة (Dam'a wa Ibtisama). It was not translated into English until 1950, by H. M. Nahmad, with an introduction by Robert Hillyer.

It is a collection of 56 short prose poems, parables, and essays that Gibran had originally published individually in Arabic-language newspapers and magazines, later gathered into one volume. It carries no single plot or cast of characters; instead each piece meditates on themes of love, grief, nature, and spirituality, several set in Gibran's native Lebanon (the Cedars of Lebanon, the Kadeesha Valley, Baalbek and Jbeil are all named).