Mystical poems of Rūmī 1 : first selection, poems 1-200 / translated from the Persian by A.J. Arberry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273

Contributor:

Arberry, A. J. (Arthur John), 1905-1969

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

UNESCO collection of representative works

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 1991

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273--Translations into English.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Sufi poetry, Persian--Translations into English.

Sufi poetry, Persian.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

202 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Summary:

Rumi, who wrote and preached in Persia during the thirteenth century, was inspired by a wandering mystic, or dervish, named Shams al-Din. Rumi's vast body of poetry includes a lengthy poem of religious mysticism, the "Mathnavi," and more than three thousand lyrics and odes, many of which came to him while he was in a state of trance. A.J. Arberry, who selected four hundred of the lyrics for translation and annotated them, calls Rumi "one of the world's greatest poets. In profundity of thought, inventiveness of image, and triumphant mastery of language, he stands out as the supreme genius of Islamic mysticism." "An excellent introduction to Rumi, the greatest mystical poet of Islam. . . . Rumi's scope, like that of all great poets, is universal- reaching from sensuous luxuriance to the driest irony."- Sherman Goldman, "East-West Journal" A.J. Arberry (1905-73) was professor of Arabic at Cambridge University.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [166]).

ISBN:

0226731510

9780226731513

OCLC:

33499903