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The Soul of Rumi is renowned poet Coleman Barks' first major assemblage of newly translated Rumi poems since his bestselling The Essential Rumi.

Coleman Barks presents entirely new translations of Rumi's poems, published for the first time in The Soul of Rumi. The poems range over the breadth of Rumi's themes: silence, emptiness, play, God, peace, grief, sexuality, music, to name just a few. But the focus is on the ecstatic experience of human and divine love and their inseparability, conveyed with Rumi's signature passion, daring, and insights into the human heart and the heart's longings.

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“The gold of Rumi pours down through Coleman’s words. The words leap off the page and dance!” — Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

“The best of Rumi’s beautiful and challenging imagery.” — Booklist

“Coleman Barks’s Rumi translations [make] Rumi’s raptures accessible in language at once ordinary and lyrical.” — Yoga Journal

“Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming.” — Jerry Stahl, in Shout NY

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The Soul of Rumi is renowned poet Coleman Barks' first major assemblage of newly translated Rumi poems since his bestselling The Essential Rumi.

Coleman Barks presents entirely new translations of Rumi's poems, published for the first time in The Soul of Rumi. The poems range over the breadth of Rumi's themes: silence, emptiness, play, God, peace, grief, sexuality, music, to name just a few. But the focus is on the ecstatic experience of human and divine love and their inseparability, conveyed with Rumi's signature passion, daring, and insights into the human heart and the heart's longings.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0060604522
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne (September 17, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780060604523
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060604523
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.13 x 9 inches
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    Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمد رومی‎‎), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى), Mawlānā/Mevlânâ (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States.

    Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek, in his verse. His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia. His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some other Turkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, and Bengali.

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Carol Welch
5.0 out of 5 stars "The Soul of Rumi: a New Collection of Ecstatic Poems" scores big thanks to Coleman Barks wonderful commentaries
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2013
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I have loved Rumi's writings for a long time, but because the Persian mystic's poetry is steeped deeply in his ecstatic love affair with God, the meanings of his poems are often lost to even the most advanced readers of his poetry. However, Coleman Barks, a retired professor of english and poetry at the University of Georgia has done an exceptional job of translating this collection of Rumi's poems. But Bark's translation of Rumi's poetry is not all that makes this collection exceptional. It is Bark's commentaries on the poems that opens each chapter. The commentaries explain Rumi's relationship with his friend and mentor Shams of Tabriz, speaks of the times in which Rumi lives and explains the poems in each chapter in a thoroughly understandable way. Bark's commentaries are delightful and engaging and the reader can feel his voice jump off the page. I wholeheartedly recommend "The Soul of Rumi" to readers who would like to gain a clearer and deeper meaning of Rumi's poetry and vision, and translator Coleman Barks offers up this clearer and deeper meaning in an interesting and efficient way. .
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5.0 out of 5 stars Such a blessing.
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
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This book is full of beautiful translations of Rumi’s poetry that help you feel the deep essence of the Soul.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The alchemy of RumiÃ*s vision brought to life
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2001
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Jelaluddin Rumi has become familiar to Western readers who seek out ecstatic poetry, as more and more translations and commentaries are offered on perhaps this greatest of mystical writers. But as they say, it takes one to know one, and Coleman BarksÕ masterpiece is the obvious product of an attuned heart and poetic soul.
This volume is one of the clearest and most vibrant illustrations of the Ôwild heartÕ Rumi was and is. It is difficult to find superlatives which do justice to the beauty and towering vision this work contains. Every verse, every line seems to open, in some disarmingly simple way, vast new vistas of possibilities for the human spirit.
How good is this book? The highest accolade that can be given Barks is that his brief section introductions, frequently fodder in other volumes exploring Rumi, here are powerful and transformative in their own right. Each one sets up the following verses in a natural and seamless flow. BarksÕ light shines brightly, even in the rarefied company he keeps.
Get this volume and devour it. Then get another copy and give it to someone who is ready for the infinite freedom it open-handedly offers...
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Carey Peck
5.0 out of 5 stars There's Never Enough Rumi
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019
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I prefer Hafez, and for spiritual depth Jami - but this is a masterful translation of so many terrific poems from the master. I have read from it to audiences often, and it is always welcomed - even to those new to the genre.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017
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Definitely an interesting read.
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Razzle
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent collection
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2009
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This book is the best collection of Rumi poems I have read so far. I have read about 3 or 4. It covers a diverse range of topics and the 4th part of the masnavi is excellent so far (i'm about half way through). Of all my Rumi books, I am happiest with this one and sad that it is nearing the end.
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Leanne Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars coleman barks, what a gift you are!
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017
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the way coleman barks collaborates with rumi and the original english translators makes rumi come alive in me, and i’ve loved his translation-collaborations for over 20 years. you’ve done it again, coleman! you are a gift as you give this gift. thank you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2010
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This book had some great lines and remarkable phrases. However, it can be too much if you sit down and read it all. This book is great if read in parts, otherwise, its just too much at once and you forget the great ideas beause so many new ones come back atcha!
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Shatakshi
5.0 out of 5 stars It is the heart of Rumi
Reviewed in India on January 14, 2022
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Works like Masnavi & longings resonating from the heart of one friend to another cannot be reviewed / contemplated by mere intellect. This book is exceptional & a boon for non Persian readers like me. In the words of Rumi "Every prophet is a beggar calling ‘something for God’s sake! Please lend something to God. Though all the doors of heaven are open to them, they beg for pieces of bread. They eat the bread they get, but they didn’t ask from appetite. In fact don’t say they eat bread, they eat light. Every experience begs like a dervish for us to come out and give something"
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juliette anne harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars Fab, fab, fab
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2021
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What a beautiful collection. Thank you
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Bárbara Ramírez
5.0 out of 5 stars Accesible en todo momento
Reviewed in Mexico on November 12, 2019
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Todo me encantó.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2018
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Words can not describe it.
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Zahid
5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered in time. Good packing. Book is amazing. Rumi RA is love
Reviewed in India on October 12, 2022
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Go for it. It's such an amazing book. Lovely. Refreshing poetry by Molana Rumi RA.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered in time. Good packing. Book is amazing. Rumi RA is love
Reviewed in India on October 12, 2022
Go for it. It's such an amazing book. Lovely. Refreshing poetry by Molana Rumi RA.
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