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Rumi: The Book of Love. Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
, 4 Oct 2014
Jalaluddin Rumi is
an Aghgan-Persian Sufi mystic and poet of the 12th century who produced,
among others, the Book of Love, an amazing book of love poems.The Book of Love is one of those books that everybody should read at least once in a lifetime. It is full of depth about the human soul, the true essence of our humanity disregarding origin, and, most importantly, about the nature of Love.
Rumi
talks about divine love, mystic love, romantic and erotic love, and
friends love with candidness, cheekiness, sense of humour, and great
depth.Sometimes the poems can be read in a mystic or romantic way. The
poems are so fresh and modern that one wows at the fact that a Muslim
mystic wrote them many centuries ago. Even if you are not into Poetry,
which is my case, the poems are still easy to read, enjoyable and
thought-provoking.
This edition as a preface and introductory study, and each of the fifteen groups of poems have also a little commentary to contextualise them and the theme they revolve around. I don't know Arabic, but the translation seems correct and it is easy to read.
This edition as a preface and introductory study, and each of the fifteen groups of poems have also a little commentary to contextualise them and the theme they revolve around. I don't know Arabic, but the translation seems correct and it is easy to read.
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