Rumi Voice Of Longing

ISBN 10: 1564558320 ISBN 13: 9781564558329

Publisher: Sounds True, 2001

Synopsis

For seven centuries the world has thrilled to the sacred poetry of Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi. Here are nearly 100 of his most memorable quatrains - translated and performed by celebrated Rumi scholar Coleman Barks - capturing the silence, the love, and the playfulness that make each encounter with Rumi one of sacred wonder. With sitar and tabla accompaniment. coleman barks ... has translated and published more than 15 collections of ecstatic Sufi poetry, including The Illuminated Rumi and The Essential Rumi. He was a featured poet on Bill Moyers' public television special "Love's Confusing Joy."

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Book Description:

Rumi collects nearly 100 quatrains by ancient Persia's great mystical poet, Jelaluddin Rumi. Translated & performed by the eminent Rumi scholar, Coleman Barks, these works are part of a tradition that is believed to excite "spiritual heroism." He shares Rumi's sacred writing to explore themes such as the search for a higher truth, the mystery of surrender, overcoming ego imprisonment & more

About the Author:

Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks is a leading scholar and translator of the 13th-century Persian mystic Jelaluddin Rumi. In addition to publishing two books of his own poetry (The Juice and Gourd Seed), Barks has published 12 volumes of translations from Rumi and others, and contributed to over 20 anthologies. He taught literature at the University of Georgia for 30 years and currently lives in Athens, Georgia. For more, see colemanbarks.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sounds True
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1564558320
• ISBN 13: 9781564558329
• Binding: Audio CD