Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Shambhala

Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

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A rich introduction to the work of Rumi by the foremost scholar on the great mystical poet, featuring leading literary translations of his verse by Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Andrew Harvey, Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, Daniel Liebert, and Peter Lamborn Wilson.

Rumi's poems are beloved for their touching perceptions of humanity and the Divine. To display the major themes of Rumi's work, each of the eighteen chapters in this anthology are arranged topically, such as "The Inner Work," "The Ego Animal," "Passion for God," "Praise," and "Purity," uncovering a deep and timeless understanding of Sufism and mysticism. Also included is a biography of Rumi by Andrew Harvey and an introductory essay by Kabir Helminski on the art of translating Rumi's work into English.

"The Spiritual Surgeon"
Can the water of a polluted stream
Wash away the dirt?
Can human knowledge sweep away
The ignorance of the sensual self?
How does a sword fashion its own hilt?
Go, entrust your wound to a surgeon,
For flies will gather around the wound
Until it can't be seen.
These are your selfish thoughts
And all you dream of owning.
The wound is your own dark hole.
Mathnawi I, 3221-3224
(translated by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski)
Book Details
Publisher:
Shambhala
ISBN:
9781645471653
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
272
Authors:
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Published Date:
2023-07-18
Language:
English
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About Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Known in the West simply as Rumi, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic. He was born at Balkh, in what is now Afghanistan. His father, the scholar and theologian Baha' al-Din-e Valad, was summoned in 1229 to teach in the Seljuk capital of Konya, and Rumi eventually took over the post. Meeting the mystic Shams al-Din Tabrizi in 1244 changed his work entirely; after Shams disappeared in 1248 he composed the Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, more than forty thousand verses, and dictated the 64,000 lines of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi to the scribe Husam Chelebi. He died at Konya in December 1273. He wrote in Persian; the volumes here are modern English translations.

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