Jalalu'l-Din Rumi was one of the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his writings he explored the profound themes of the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God. Professor Nicholson translated this collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains versions of over 100 short passages from Rumi's greatest works, together with brief explanatory notes.

Rumi: Poet and Mystic (Ethical & Religious Classics of E.& W.) (English and Persian Edition)

Rumi, Jelaluddin

Allen& Unwin

An attractive gift book brings together luminous black-and-white portraits of Southern oak trees and inspiring poems by the thirteenth-century Islamic mystic on the nature of faith and the desire for spiritual elevation and transformation. 10,000 first printing.

Heartwood: Meditations on Southern Oaks

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Bulfinch

Poetry. Translated from the Persian by John Moyne and Coleman Barks. These are the first English translations in nearly a hundred years of the great 13th-century Sufi poet's finest odes. At once clear and mysterious, passionate and idealistic, witty and profound, they are filled with down-to-earth images of time transcended. For Rumi, life is not a pointless series of discrete events but a tree of "branching moments." The way to discover this truth, his poems reveal, is to follow the mystical via affirmative, whereby true happiness is found not by rejecting the world but by plunging into it and, instead of getting lost in its many splendors, finally rejoicing in - and joining forces with - its underlying oneness. Rumi's vision of the ultimate unity of all things, especially of Islamic, Judeo-Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist thought, speaks to our own fragmented age, and these spirited versions render his search for peace as exhilarating as it is enlightening.

These Branching Moments: Forty Odes by Rumi

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Copper Beech Press

The fragments collected here include the essence of Rumi's teaching, distilled from over 60,000 verses composed by the 13th century Sufi master. Jelaluddin Rumi may be the greatest poet the world has known, and is the most widely-read poet today - seven centuries after his death! The secret of this mystery lies within these pages. The poems of the Sufis of Persia and elsewhere, such as Hafiz and Jami, Rumi and Farid-ud-Din Attar, are not only philosophical statements, but they are written from beginning to end in admiration of beauty. And if one were to dive deep into their every verse, one would find that each one is equal to a hundred books full of philosophy. Why? Because their souls have been moved to dance at the sight of beauty. What they have expressed in their words is living, burning full of beauty. It penetrates the one who can feel it, who can admire it. Jelaluddin Rumi gave a new life and a new form to the mystic current, and it is from his time that the Sufi mystic culture spread throughout the world. He is the first mystic who came forward in the world and said that the essence of spirituality is the quality of heart. No mystic will ever say it as Rumi has: "Whether you love man or whether you love God, at the end of your destiny you will be brought before the King of love." The difference between Jelaluddin Rumi's work and the work of the great Hafiz of Persia is that Hafiz has pictured the outer life, whereas Rumi has pictured the inner life. And if I were to compare the three greatest poets of Persia, I would call Sa'di the body of the poet, Hafiz the heart of the poet, and Rumi the soul of the poet.

Rumi: Fragments, Ecstasies

Omega Pubns

Jelaluddin Rumi mystic and poet lived more than 700 years ago yet his work remains fresh and compelling to this day. Here in words that have stood the test of time are his best lyrical poems on the theme of spiritual love. This is a quintessential collection of some of Rumi's most inspired pieces. Kabir Helminski is a poet Rumi scholar and Sufi Sheik. His translations are poetically satisfying as well as remarkably faithful to the original.

Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry

Threshold Books

     These selections from Rumi's Mathnawi  a classic of Sufi spiritual literature  express the "lion's roar" of courage, discipline, clarity, and integrity. The lion represents the fierce intensity that recognizes no authority except the highest truth. At the same time, Rumi's lion is full of heart and devotion. Through these poems the reader will explore the qualities that are vital to the spiritual aspirant who seeks to overcome the imprisonment of ego.

Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Selected Poetry and Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi by Coleman Barks. Maypop,1990

Delicious Laughter: Rambunctious Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Jelaluddin Rumi

Religion & Spirituality

BARKS, COLEMAN

New Age & Spirituality

Maypop

Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems

Comprising two books of translations by Reynold A. Nicholson, Rumi Poet and Mystic and Tales of Mystic Meaning, this new anthology offers 170 passages from Rumi's greatest works in one volume.

A Rumi Anthology (Oneworld Spiritual Classics)

Oneworld Publications

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