Mystical Poems of Rumi

Mystical Poems of Rumi
by Jalal al-Din Rumi

Mystical Poems of Rumi
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Author: Jalal al-Din Rumi
Editor: Ehsan Yarshater
Editor: Hasan Javadi
Translator: A. J. Arberry
Foreword: Franklin D. Lewis
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-15
ISBN: 0226731626
Number of pages: 440
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Book Reviews of Mystical Poems of Rumi

Book Review: Wonderful, pieces will fall all over earth
Summary: 5 Stars

"My verse resembles the bread of Egypt--night passes over it, and you cannot eat it any more."

That line above, featured in the book's description, I would have tried to enhance, broke more open, played with those words in hopes of creating part of a great song, mined more gold out of the angel, and perhaps made the line truly literal, more giving as it should be, closer to the truth; in short have a greater ability to feed the common palate. Attempting something like this with my brush:

My verse resembles a rare bread in Egypt,
nights can pass, but still it is fresh.

Birds could come and tear it apart, and
carry my remains into the sky.

Wonderful, pieces will then fall all over
earth,

and the living sprouts will take root in
any heart that holds me close.


O the little, insignificant drama and bucking heads of some scholars with the artist. Rumi, what should any say to you, my dear -- and those who bring your name to us -- but thanks.


Daniel Ladinsky
best selling Penguin author of poetry


Summary of Mystical Poems of Rumi

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 al-Din Rumi (1207?73), legendary Persian Muslim poet, theologian, and mystic, wrote poems acclaimed through the centuries for their powerful spiritual images and provocative content, which often described Rumi?s love for God in romantic or erotic terms. His vast body of work includes more than three thousand lyrics and odes. This volume includes four hundred poems selected by renowned Rumi scholar A. J. Arberry, who provides here one of the most comprehensive and adept English translations of this enigmatic genius. Mystical Poems is the definitive resource for anyone seeking an introduction to or an enriched understanding of one of the world?s greatest poets.
 
?Rumi is one of the world?s greatest lyrical poets in any language?as well as probably the most accessible and approachable representative of Islamic civilization for Western students.??James W. Morris, Oberlin College
 

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