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Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A new translation of the works of Rumi, a 13th century Persian mystic. In one poem, he wrote: "The infinite treasure is shining, the mighty ocean is roaring, the morning of grace has come--Morning? No! This is the eternal Light of God."
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Deepak Chopra presents his personal selection of favorite poems by one of history's greatest poets of spirituality and romance. Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of mysticism and desire that inspired countless people in his own time and throughout the centuries. His poems expressed the deepest longings of the human heart for its beloved,...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Jalalu'l-Din Rumi (1207-73) was the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his extensive writings he explored the profound themes that had gradually evolved with the long succession of Sufi thinkers since the ninth century, such as the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God.
Professor R. A. Nicholson translated this inspiring collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains delicately rhythmical...