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Mystical Poems of Rumi
Jalal Al-Din Rumi
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Description for Mystical Poems of Rumi
Paperback. Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), legendary Persian Muslim poet, theologian, and mystic, wrote poems acclaimed through the centuries for their spiritual images and provocative content, which often described Rumi's love for God in romantic or even erotic terms. This volume includes four hundred poems which provides English translations of this genius. Editor(s): Yarshater, Ehsan. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
My verse resembles the bread of Egypt - night passes over it, and you cannot eat it any more. Devour it the moment it is fresh, before the dust settles upon it. Its place is the warm climate of the heart; in this world it dies of cold. Like a fish it quivered for an instant on dry land, another moment and you see it is cold. Even if you eat it imagining it is fresh, it is necessary to conjure up many images. What you drink is really your own imagination; it is no old tale, my good man.Jalal ... Read more
My verse resembles the bread of Egypt - night passes over it, and you cannot eat it any more. Devour it the moment it is fresh, before the dust settles upon it. Its place is the warm climate of the heart; in this world it dies of cold. Like a fish it quivered for an instant on dry land, another moment and you see it is cold. Even if you eat it imagining it is fresh, it is necessary to conjure up many images. What you drink is really your own imagination; it is no old tale, my good man.Jalal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226731629
SKU
V9780226731629
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About Jalal Al-Din Rumi
A. J. Arberry (1905-73) was professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge. Ehsan Yarshater is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies and director of the Center for Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
Reviews for Mystical Poems of Rumi
An excellent introduction to Rumi, the greatest mystical poet of Islam.... Rumi's scope, like that of all the great poets, is universal - reaching from sensuous luxuriance to the driest irony. - Sherman Goldman, East-West Journal