Rumi With A View To Other Persian Mystic Poets (Volume 1)

Molana Jalal Eldin Mohammad Balkhi Rumi is undoubtedly the most famous Iranian poet across the globe. His full name is Jalal Eldin Mohammad, known in the West as Rumi. Rumi’s poems have been translated into many languages. The majority of the translations are not from the original Farsi text, and with few exceptions, are done without the prerequisite knowledge of Persian language, culture, and history. The formative beauty and musicality of Rumi's poems, as well as the depth of meaning and the mystical concepts therein, are lost in translation. In this book Shahin Motallebi has made selected Rumi poems more accessible to Rumi fans by using contemporary English words, symbols, and imagery, while trying to keep their mystical meaning, beauty of form and musicality intact. Rumi With a View to other Persian Mystic Poets is a collection of poems by Rumi, from Ghazaliat Shams Tabrizi and Masnavi, and selected poems by other Perrsian mystic poets, namely Hafez, Saadi, Moshiri, Sepehri, Yooshij, and Azar.