num_pages: 87
description: A vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by an American poet of Persian descent.Rumis poems were meant to induce a sense of ecstatic illumination and liberation in his audience bringing its members to a condition of serenity compassion and oneness with the divine. They remain masterpieces of world literature to which readers in many languages continually return for inspiration and succor as wellas aesthetic delight. This new translation by Haleh Liza Gafori preserves the intelligence and the drama of the poems which are as full of individual character as they are of visionary wisdom.
language: English
title: Gold
publisher: New York Review of Books