Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Coleman Barks

Book cover for Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Book cover for Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Book cover for Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
Book cover for Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Rumi: The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

Coleman Barks

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Description

Rumi: The Book of Love is a collection of astonishing poems for lovers from the mystic Rumi, by the translator who made him sing anew, Coleman Barks.

Poetry and Rumi fans will want to own this gorgeously packaged compilation of love poems by the thirteenth-century Sufi mystic. Rumi is best known and most cherished as the poet of love in all its forms, and renowned poet and Rumi interpretor Coleman Barks has gathered the best of these poems in delightful and wise renderings that will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.

Critical Reviews

"Another perfect gem from the master translator of Rumi's poetry." -- Roger Housden, author of Ten Poems to Change Your Life and Chasing Rumi

"It's a mystery how heart can come into apparently simple English." -- Robert Bly, National Book Award-winning poet and translator

Publishing Information

Publisher: HarperOne
Pub date: 2005-01-18
Length: 206 pages

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