The Love Poems of Rumi by Deepak Chopra
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Book Reviews of The Love Poems of Rumi
Book Review: The beauty of Rumi is timeless
Summary: 4 Stars
However, this book was not nearly long enough, and the feel of the book was far too "abridged" for my taste. I gave this as a gift, which it was perfect for, but if I were buying it for myself, I would have wanted more of a complete works.Book Review: A Rumi Bedside Companion
Summary: 4 Stars
Trying to plow through all of Rumi's works can be overwhelming. How nice to have a tiny selection to keep by the bedside for inducing dreams of love!Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
Anyone familiar with Rumi's Persian originals will find these translations deeply disappoinitng. Communicates only a fraction of Rumi's burningly intense and often complex pictorial language. Highly edited, lightweight and unnecessary.Book Review: Atrocious
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is definitely the worst attempt at translating Rumi's work which I have ever come across. It is so bad, it is almost unbelievable. The original Persian poems are edited and twisted to the point of being unrecognisable. Whole lines and segments are left out and only the most obvious (and far too often sugary) choice of words is used for the translation, completely ignoring and/or avoiding the multiple meanings implied in Rumi's original texts. The only good thing that can be said about this book is that it might introduce Rumi to new readers. Best avoid this straight away (try Coleman Barks). Oh yes, and the book has a nice cover!!Book Review: Crap
Summary: 1 Stars
The translations suck, the selection is terrible - all in all, a bad choice. Get the "Essential Rumi" translated by Coleman Barks and John Moyne instead. So much better.