| Rumi: Poems Contributor(s): Rumi, Jalal Al-Din (Author), Washington, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0307263525 ISBN-13: 9780307263520 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2006 Annotation: This volume draws on a wide variety of translations--from the early 20th century to the present--of Rumi's deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 891.551 |
| LCCN: 2006040925 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 4.44" W x 6.36" (0.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The poetry of the medieval Persian sage Rumi combines lyrical beauty with spiritual profundity, a sense of rapture, and acute awareness of human suffering in ways that speak directly to contemporary audiences. Trained in Sufism--a mystic tradition within Islam--Rumi founded the Sufi order known to us as the Whirling Dervishes, who use dance and music as part of their spiritual devotion. Many of Rumi's poems speak of a yearning for ecstatic union with the divine Beloved. But his images bring the sacred and the earthy together in startling ways, describing divine love in vividly human terms. This volume draws on a wide variety of translations--from the early twentieth century to the present--of Rumi's deeply moving, sensually vibrant poetry. |