- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Thorsons; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000712032X
- ISBN-13: 978-0007120321
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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From Hidden Music:
My love, you are closer to me than myself,
You shine through my eyes.
Your light is brighter than the moon.
Step into the garden
So all the flowers, even the tall poplar
Can kneel before your beauty.
Let your voice silence the lily
Famous for its hundred tongues.
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A breathtaking new collection of translations of poems by Rumi, one of the world’s most loved mystical teachers and bestselling poets. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with paintings and Persian calligraphy, this is an ideal gift.
Jalal-uddin Rumi was born in what is now Afghanistan in 1207. His poetry has inspired generations of spiritual seekers, both from his own Sufi school and well beyond. His poems speak to the seeker and the lover in all of us. He is one of the world’s most revered poets and spiritual teachers, and is currently the bestselling poet in America.
Rumi is one of the greatest mystic poets of all time. His unique message of love speaks directly to the heart and transcends the boundaries of language and time. These poems, carefully selected from the Divan of Shams (Rumi's collection of 3,000 poems), speak powerfully to the seeker and lover in all of us.
These beautiful, new translations from the original Persian, by the authors of Rumi: Whispers of the Beloved, are arranged thematically and lead us through the intricacies of love, longing and the quest for truth. Each section is accompanied by Persian calligraphy of several of the poems, as well as stunning, evocative paintings by Azima Melita Kolin, reproduced in full colour, which are inspired by the poems and have been specially commissioned for the book.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a profoundly beautiful book, the Rumi poems are wonderfully translated and the paintings unique and inspiring.
HIDDEN MUSIC will be the perfect present for my friends and I'll order dozens of it!
Dorian Keller
HIDDEN MUSIC will be the perfect present for my friends and I'll order dozens of it!
Dorian Keller
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book introduced the work of Rumi to me, and it truly did delight me. The book is presented beautifully. Not only are there translations of Rumi's poetry, but Mafi and Kolin also provide quite beautiful paintings inspired by the words of this great poet.
The language is simple yet the meanings are quite profound. This makes it easily accessible. Any true lover of poetry will appreciate this book, there is alot to be taken from it.
An example of the poetry, an extract I like especially, is:
"Bring back to me my fleeting lover
make up excuses, sing him beautiful songs,
convince this exquisite Moon
to come back home."
This book has served to widen my love for poetry, and surely that is a gift in its own right.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Unsettling intimacy
26 Feb 2003
Format:Hardcover
Rumi has the power to make love poetry unusually accessible. Though his words are ancient, his themes are timeless. This is a book that you will carry with you in travels, on the plane, the bus, etc. because you truly do not tire of his message. His poetry is the kind you want to memorize. It is comforting, but also can be disturbingly accurate and makes you consider your own inadequacy towards love that you may not have considered before. This is not love in the sense of eroticism, per-se. Rather it is an introspective approach to how one approaches and applies love to the world around them. You will read these works more than once. The addition of his paintings helps give the reader a more thorough appreciation for his light and magic. His art has the same ethereal quality as his words, and gives you a tranquil visual aid to calm the mind in its preparation towards the text. Rumi helps us approach the world with a kinder heart & a more forgiving spirit; a concept that we are vastly losing sight of in this quick-fix aggressive world we embrace all to readily.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Lyric and beautiful
28 Dec 2003
Format:Hardcover
Rumi, a 13th century Sufi poet, writes of love in the Sufi sense - that is to say, love to the divine, and a recognition of the divine in all things - in a rooftop, a cup, dust. On another level, Rumi also writes of the nature of love - uttery surrendering yourself, giving yourself over completely. The collection of poems here are wonderful, in a beautiful translation. The art included is also beautiful, although they are by one of the translators and not by Rumi himself, as another reviewer thought.
The book, in short is a thing of beauty - as love is. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Rumi in its full depth
5 Feb 2006
Format:Hardcover
As already pointed out very nicely by other reviewers, there is no word to describe Rumi's love poems. Still, it has to be clear that Rumi's Love is not an Earthly one, but a Spiritual one, pointing back to the Source, to the Creator.
The breaks in between the poems of this book help a lot the reader to meditate on the poetry. This is a very good idea to space the poems like that. Poems are food for your Soul, so to get the full benefit from it better eat slowly to help digestion...
The breaks in between the poems of this book help a lot the reader to meditate on the poetry. This is a very good idea to space the poems like that. Poems are food for your Soul, so to get the full benefit from it better eat slowly to help digestion...
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