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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.