Essential Rumi
Contributors: Et Al Coleman Barks (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: February 14, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780062509598
Subjects: Islam; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Translations into English; Jalåal al-Dåin Råumåi,; Inspirational & Religious; Poetry; Persian (Farsi); Religion; Maulana,; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Islam - Sufi; Poetry / Inspirational & Religious; General; 1207-1273; Jalal al-Din Rumi,; Sufi poetry, Persian
First sentence: In the tavern are many wines-the wine of delight in color and form and taste, the wine of the intellect's agility, the fine port of stories, and the cabernet of soul singing.