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Rumi (1207–1273)

Author of The Essential Rumi

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Jalaluddin Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh and died in 1273 in Konya. The greatest mystic poet of Iran and Islam, seven centuries later, has become the most popular poet in America. Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868-1945) is considered one of the authorities on Rumi.

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Image credit: Statue of Rumi in Buca, Turkey

Series

Works by Rumi

The Essential Rumi (1244) 4,479 copies, 32 reviews
The Illuminated Rumi (1997) — Author — 439 copies, 9 reviews
The Love Poems of Rumi (1998) 361 copies, 3 reviews
The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting (1999) 214 copies, 1 review
Mystical Poems of Rumi (1974) 208 copies, 2 reviews
The Masnavi (1973) 203 copies, 5 reviews
The Pocket Rumi (Shambhala Pocket Classics) (2001) — Author — 153 copies, 2 reviews
Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved (1997) 141 copies, 2 reviews
Gold (New York Review Books Classics) (2022) 108 copies, 3 reviews
Rumi: Hidden Music (2001) — Author — 104 copies, 2 reviews
Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi (2000) — Author — 93 copies
Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry (1993) 89 copies, 1 review
Rumi Birdsong: Fifty-Three Short Poems (1993) 88 copies, 1 review
Discourses of Rumi (1961) 59 copies
Poesie Mistiche (1980) 46 copies, 2 reviews
The Ruins of the Heart (1981) 32 copies
Night and Sleep (1981) 28 copies
Rumi: Swallowing the Sun (2007) 27 copies
Rumi: The Path of Love (1999) 20 copies
Rumi: Fragments, Ecstasies (1981) 20 copies
Speaking Flame (1989) 20 copies
Tales from the Masnavi (1961) 20 copies
Poemas sufíes (1988) 19 copies, 1 review
Rumi: Voice of Longing (2002) 18 copies, 1 review
When Grapes Turn to Wine (1986) 17 copies
Rubâi'yât (1901) 14 copies, 1 review
La religion de l'amour (2011) 11 copies, 2 reviews
Rumi Illustrated (Chinese Bound) (2023) 10 copies, 1 review
Aus dem Diwan (1986) 10 copies
Liefdesgedichten (2007) 10 copies
Rakkaus on musta leijona (2002) 9 copies
Vassflöjtens sång (2001) 9 copies, 1 review
مثنوی معنوی (2005) 9 copies
Whispers of the Beloved (2012) 8 copies
Tales from Rumi (1998) 7 copies
Rubailer - Hasan Ali Yucel Klasikleri (2007) 7 copies, 1 review
Poems of Rumi (1989) 7 copies
Gedichten (1998) 6 copies
The Masnavi. Book 2 (2000) 6 copies
Von Allem und vom Einen. (1988) 6 copies
Fihi ma fih (2001) 6 copies, 1 review
Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom (2021) 6 copies, 1 review
Rumi (2013) 5 copies
Diwan de Shams de Tabriz (1900) 5 copies, 2 reviews
Mathnawî : La Quête de l'Absolu (1990) 4 copies, 1 review
1: Kitab al-awwal (2008) 4 copies
Dîvân-ı kebîr (2000) 4 copies
El Masnavi. Las enseñanzas de Rumi (1990) 4 copies, 2 reviews
Mathnawi. II (2004) 4 copies, 2 reviews
Open Secret (Mayne & Barks) 4 copies, 1 review
Die Musik, die wir sind (2009) 4 copies
Het is wat het is (1990) 3 copies
Das Lied der Liebe (1996) 3 copies
El masnavi (1990) 3 copies
La sagesse des derviches tourneurs (2003) 3 copies, 1 review
Les couleurs de l'amour (2006) 3 copies, 1 review
Comptine a mimer des animaux - Nathan (2011) 3 copies, 1 review
Mesnevi'den Hikayeler (2006) 3 copies
Racconti sufi (1995) 3 copies
Mathanawi. Primera parte (2003) 3 copies
Ruminations (1998) 3 copies
UNO MAGNIFICENTE (2001) 3 copies, 1 review
Mathnawi. Tercera parte (1900) 3 copies, 2 reviews
Rumi Speaks Through Sufi Tales (1996) 3 copies, 1 review
Päikesesõnad (2013) 2 copies
Knjiga ljubavi 2 copies
Lettres (1998) 2 copies, 1 review
O Mundo Interior (2010) 2 copies
Mystical Poems of Rumi (1969) 2 copies
Golden Advices from Rumi (2005) 2 copies
Mesnevi 6 (1968) 2 copies
The Persian mystics (1907) 2 copies
Sufinin Yolu 2 copies
Mathnawi.Cuarta Parte (2008) 2 copies, 1 review
Liebesmystik (2004) 2 copies
Maznawi-i Malawi 3 (2001) 1 copy, 1 review
مثنوي 1 copy
Jedno sve 1 copy
Kauppias ja papukaija (2010) 1 copy
Maznawi-i Malawi libro 1 (2001) 1 copy, 1 review
Vierzeiler (1981) 1 copy
Maznawi-i Manawi 2 1 copy, 1 review
Mathnawi : quinta parte 1 copy, 1 review
En presencia del sultán (2017) 1 copy, 1 review
ההארה 1 copy
Mathnawi : primera parte 1 copy, 1 review
Rubayat (1996) 1 copy, 1 review
Mesnevi volume I based on the original Persian language by Abdulabki Golpinali (2019) — Root Text; Root Text, some editions — 1 copy
MESNEVI 1 1 copy
MESNEVI 2 1 copy
MESNEVI 3 1 copy
MESNEVI 4 1 copy
MESNEVI 5 1 copy
MESNEVI 6 1 copy
KUVENDIMET 1 copy
Rumi esencial (2022) 1 copy
Mesnevija 1 copy
only breath 1 copy
I Was Dead 1 copy
Mesnevi'den seçmeler (2005) 1 copy
Mesnevi-i Serif Serhi (2015) 1 copy
Ask Siirleri (2020) 1 copy
Poemas 1 copy
Don't go back to sleep (-0001) 1 copy
Water 1 copy
Dielli i dashurisë 1 copy, 1 review
Kärlekens poem (2000) 1 copy
The Mesnevi (2017) 1 copy
Mesnevija l 1 copy
Woorden uit het hart (2015) 1 copy
The Masnavi, Vol. 1 (2000) 1 copy
Poems of Rumi (2021) 1 copy
Locos de amor (2012) 1 copy
Rumi: Divan-I Kebir (1996) 1 copy
Mesnevî Hikâyeleri (1999) 1 copy
Rumi 1 copy
Mecalis-i Seb'a (2017) 1 copy
Yedi Meclis (2021) 1 copy
Hz. Mevlanadan Sözler (2010) 1 copy
Hidden Music 1 copy
Divan-i Kebir Replica (2007) 1 copy
Pot domov 1 copy
4: Kitab al-rabi' (1997) 1 copy
3: Kitab al-thalith (1997) 1 copy
Kuvendimet 1 copy, 1 review
Pasimito 1 copy

Associated Works

A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 866 copies, 12 reviews
Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West (Compass) (2002) — Contributor — 482 copies, 7 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 469 copies, 1 review
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Contributor — 413 copies, 3 reviews
Ten Poems to Change Your Life (2001) — Contributor — 365 copies, 5 reviews
The Art of Losing (2010) — Contributor — 218 copies, 22 reviews
Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach (2003) — Contributor — 205 copies, 1 review
Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead (2007) — Contributor — 102 copies, 3 reviews
Elephant in the Dark (2015) 93 copies, 20 reviews
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributor — 65 copies, 1 review
One Song: A New Illuminated Rumi (2005) — Root Text — 52 copies, 2 reviews
Pathetic Literature (2022) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
The Parrot and the Merchant (2017) — Original Author — 17 copies, 3 reviews
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies, 2 reviews
Lob der Geliebten : Klassische persische Dichtungen (1983) — Contributor — 4 copies
Vision II spirit of Rumi (1994) — Poet, some editions — 1 copy

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In sum, the prayer of Sufism is "teach me to love more deeply." Gold is the deepest love. (xii)

Every religion has Love
but Love has no religion. (4)

We realized the one we seek
is always where we are. (22)

With a single candle, we can light a hundred. (64)
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JennyArch | 2 other reviews | Jan 4, 2025 |
Kjo përgjedhje tematike prej 2000 vargjesh nga të dyja veprat është e treta në shqipe prej hartuesit dhe niset të ofrojë një tablo përfaqësuese vërtetësore të udhës së dashurisë të Rumiu.
 
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BibliotekaFeniks | Dec 20, 2024 |
Vellimi poetik ndahet në tri pjesë (1) Kenge per Shemsiun dhe Zotin e Lum. (2) Kenge per keshillen dhe qortimin; dhe (3) Kenge por herezine. Në to Rumi shpjegon se për te persosur vetedijen, duhet ta heqim dore nga zakonet e ngulitura dhe të përqafojme te rejat. Me pak fjale, nuk duhet ta shmangin heretizmin.
 
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BibliotekaFeniks | Dec 7, 2024 |
Having read about how inaccurate and insensitive most English translations of Rumi are, I was glad to come across this slim selection of his work translated directly from the original Farsi and with much more attention to the Islamic cultural and religious contexts within which Rumi lived and worked.

Since I'm neither a believer nor mystically inclined, I'm not the best audience for Rumi's work—particularly with most of the very brief ones, if you're not reading them with the eyes of faith, they seem a bit Instagram caption-y. He's also revisiting and reworking a set of themes and images, so the poems can get repetitive. But Rumi does have a handful of bangers here ("See how the fruit is trapped—/first by its seed, then by its husk./See how I was trapped—first by circumspection, then by calculation. / Like a fig split open,/my seeds are bare. /Our first meal on earth begins with blood and ends with milk."), and they made me glad I picked this up.… (more)
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