Open Secret: Versions of Rumi (English and Persian Edition) - Hardcover

Rumi, Jelaluddin; Moyne, John

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Synopsis

These quatrains and odes reveal a most human and accessible side of the great poet and mystic. They are the personal records of one man's encounter with the Divine.

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About the Author

Coleman Barks, Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, is Rumi's premier English translator. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

John Moyne is a Persian scholar and Emeritus Professor and former head of Linguistics at the Graduate School of the City University of New York.

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was not only a poet, mystic, and the founder of a Sufi order, he was a man of profound insight into the nature of human existence and possibly the greatest mystical poet of any age.

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Text: English, Persian (translation)

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9781570625299: Open Secret: Versions of Rumi

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ISBN 10:  1570625298 ISBN 13:  9781570625299
Publisher: Shambhala, 1999
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