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Say Nothing: Poems of Jalal al-Din Rumi in Persian and English
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Translations of Rumi’s poetry have been enthusiastically received by the English-speaking world. He speaks directly to the heart, allowing readers to feel that they know him intimately. And yet, the full flavor of his lightness and humor, his wordplay, and his Islamic references has often gone untranslated. Rumi’s poetry is direct and immediate, but it’s also measured, sub
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Hardcover, 120 pages
Published
September 1st 2008
by Morning Light Press
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OK, in my lifelong search for the closest approximations in English to Rumi's poetry and spirit, after reading Nicholson's translation of The Mathnawi of Rumi in the very late 60s in Berkeley, and this so many years and experiences and travels later, including a visit to Konya where Rumi is buried, and imbibing the poems of my shayhkh, Muhammad ibn al-Habib, may Allah be pleased with him, in his presence in Morocco, this little book for me packs the strongest whallop. The introductions are thems
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If you Google "Rumi" -- well, if you Google "Rumi" right now you'll quickly find out that Beyonce's new baby is named Rumi -- but if you look for Rumi on Amazon.com, you'll see that the first four of five books of Rumi's poetry are Coleman Barks's versions.
I've had Barks's "translation" of the poems for a long time, but I've never been comfortable with them. The guy doesn't read Persian; therefore, calling him a translator is an error. And his renditions use very modern language, metaphor, and c ...more
I've had Barks's "translation" of the poems for a long time, but I've never been comfortable with them. The guy doesn't read Persian; therefore, calling him a translator is an error. And his renditions use very modern language, metaphor, and c ...more
The translations are quite good and I love the bilingual format! I read a lot of modern English language poetry, sometimes with a little influence from other languages. But poetry in translation from hundreds of years ago is a whole different beast, and it took me a little to get into the nature of Rumi's poetry, which is a bit zen in its contradictions.
Maybe that's not surprising for a mystic.
Once I got the rhythm of it, I quite liked the book. It probably helped that I was reading it slowly, ...more
Maybe that's not surprising for a mystic.
Once I got the rhythm of it, I quite liked the book. It probably helped that I was reading it slowly, ...more
Enjoyed what I read but didn't finish it.
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Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī - also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master") and more popularly simply as Rumi - was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic who lived in Konya, a city of Ottoman Empire (Today's Turkey). His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's lan
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