A collection of poetry by the thirteenth century Sufi saint cover topics ranging from emptiness and silence to elegance and majesty
A Sufi poet's comprehensive work is translated here in a volume designed to bring all the magic, mysticism, and wisdom of the great Sufi poet's work to an English-speaking audience. Reprint.
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.