Rumi
the big red book : the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship
by Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī) and Coleman Barks
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"Rumi's "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz"--named in honor of Rumi's spiritual teacher and friend) is a collection of lyric poems that contain more than 40,000 verses by America's bestselling poet, and is a classic of Persian literature. Its most familiar form is as a big red book, hence the name. Coleman Barks is famous for his renderings of Rumi's poetry and his work on these particular poems has never been published anywhere. This book represents over thirty-three years on Rumi's seminal classic"--
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Persian Sufi poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Fiction, Sufi poetry, Persian, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273, Literature: Texts, New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit, Islam - Sufism, Body, Mind & Spirit, New Age, General, Islam - Sufi, Mysticism, Sufi poetry, Jalal al-din rumi, maulana, 1207-1273, Persian poetry, translations into english, Sufism, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Sufi poetry, persian, Sufi poetry, persian--translations into english, Pk6480.e5 s737 2009, 891/.5511Showing 4 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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Rumi: the big red book : the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship
2010, HarperOne
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0061905828 9780061905827
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Rumi: bridge to the soul : journeys into the music and silence of the heart
2007, HarperOne
in English
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0061338168 9780061338168
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Rumi: the book of love : poems of ecstasy and longing
2003, HarperSanFrancisco
in English
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0060523166 9780060523169
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Rumi: one-handed basket weaving : poems on the theme of work
1991, MAYPOP
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0961891637 9780961891633
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"Odes & Quatrains from Rumi's Masterpiece, The Shams."
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Landmark translations of the Sufi poet/mystic Rumi from the acclaimed interpreter of the Tao Te Ching.Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi's verse in a treasury that spans the poet's life and includes his most celebrated and poignant work. It is an enchanting volume of classic Eastern thought that creates an exhilarating experience for all readers.
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