Rumi

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Jalal al-Din, commonly known as Rumi, was one of the greatest poets of Persia's golden age through the thirteenth century. With imagery from the natural world and with themes of love, charity, spirituality and tolerance, Rumi's work has become a global phenomenon. This selection, drawing on versions by different translators, reveals poetry that still resonates with millions of readers around the world.

This stunning edition translated by Frederick Harland Davis, boasts a wide selection of the best Rumi poetry ever written.

SELECTIONS FROM THE DĪVANI SHĀMSI TABRĪZ1. "I Am Silent" 2. A Cry to the
Beloved3. Remember God and
Forget Self4. "The Prince of the Fair"5. "My Body is Like the Moon"6. Mortality and Immortality7. The Beloved the Divine Consoler8. "Thou Art the Soul of the World"9. "The Voice of Love"10. The Sea of Love11. The Beauty of the
Beloved12. The Water of
Eternal Life

13. Earthly Love and
the Divine14. "The House of Love"15. Love's Desire16. The Finding of the Beloved17. God Only18. The Moon-soul and the Sea19. Life in Death20. The Whole and the Part21. The Divine Friend22. Aspiration23. "I Well Cherish the Soul"24. "This is Love"25. The Journey to the Beloved26. The Day of Resurrection27. The Return of the Beloved28. The Call of the Beloved29. "The Banquet of Union"30. "Be Silent"31. "Thou Didst Go to the Rose-Garden"32. "The World Gave Thee False Clues"33. "He Comes"34. "The Road Be Thine Towards the Shrine"35. Thy Rose36. "I Saw the Winter Weaving"37. "Love Sounds the Music of the Spheres"38. "The Souls Love-Moved"39. The Beloved All in All40. "Thou and I"

SELECTIONS FROM THE MASNAVI

41. Sorrow Quenched in the Beloved

42. The Music of Love

43. "When the Rose has Faded"

44. The Silence of Love

45. Earthly Love Essential to the Love Divine

46. The Eternal Splendour of the Beloved

47. Woman

48. The Divine Union

49. "He Knows About It All"

50. Resignation the Way to Perfection

51. Love the Source of Light Rather Than Vanishing Form

52. The Religion of Love

53. "Pain is a Treasure"

54. Spirit Greater Than Form

55. The Beloved Compared to "A Sweet Garden"

56. "Behold the Water of Waters "

57. Where Love Is

58. The Love of the Beloved

59. The Love of the Soul and the Love of the Body

60. "O Love, Love, and Heart's Desire of Love "

61. Destroy Not Earthly Beauty: It Beautifies the Soul

62. The Devil Makes Use of the Beauty of Women

63. "Lovers and Beloved Have Both Perished"

64. "O Angels Bring Him Back to Me"

65. Self-aggrandisement and Vainglory No Part of Love

66. "I Am Thine and Thou Art Mine "

67. Love Needs No Mediator

68. Humanity the Reflection of the Beloved

69. "Earthly Forms"

70. "The Beatific Vision of Eternal Truth"

71. The Wine Everlasting

72. Be Lost in the Beauty of the Beloved

73. "What Ear Has Told You Falsely"

74. "There is No Place of Refuge"

75. The Lover's Cry to the Beloved

76. Sorrow Turned to Joy

77. The Gifts of the Beloved

78. "Thou Art Hidden from Us"

79. "Exert Yourselves"

80. The Wisdom of the Weak

81. White Nights

82. "The Kingly Soul"

83. Saint and Hypocrite

84. Harshness and Adoration

85. The Divine Absorption

86. Love More Than Sorrow and Joy

87. "The Heart of the Harper"

88. "When Night Returns"

89. Separation

90. "God's Light"

91. "Love Casts Its Own Light"

92. "The Believer's Heart"

93. "Self-Satisfaction"

94. "True Knowledge"

95. "The Flame of Love"

96. A Mother Whose Children Were in the Beloved's Keeping

97. The Optimistic Rose

98. The True Mosque

99. "Ignorance"

100. A Prayer