Mystical poems of Rumi
By: translated from the Persian by A.J. Arberry ; annotated and prepared by Hasan Javadi ; foreword to the new and corrected edition by Franklin D. Lewis ; general editor, Ehsan Yarshater.
Contributors: Arberry, A. J. 1905-1969.; Javadi, Hasan.; Lewis, Franklin, 1961-; Yar-Shater, Ehsan.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780226731629
Subjects: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, -- Maulana, -- 1207-1273 -- Translations into English; Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī.
Description: Jalal al-din Rumi (1207-73), Persian Muslim poet, theologian, and mystic, wrote poems acclaimed through the centuries for their powerful spiritual images, which often describe Rumi's love for God in romantic or erotic terms. Many of his lyrics and odes came to him while he was in a religiously inspired trance. These four hundred poems, selected and annotated by renowned Rumi scholar A.J. Arberry, are the most comprehensive and reliable translations available. - from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Franklin D. Lewis; title: Foreword / by Ehsan Yarshater; title: Autobiographical Sketch / by A. J. Arberry; title: Introduction / by A. J. Arberry; title: A Note on the Transcription; title: Translation: Poems 1-400; title: Notes to Poems; title: Bibliography.