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The Drowned Book: Ecstatic And Earthy Reflections Of Bahauddin, The Father Of Rumiby Coleman Barks , John MoyneISBN 0060750634 (0-06-075063-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Drowned Book: Ecstatic and Earthy Reflections of Bahauddin, the Father of Rumiby Coleman Barks , John MoyneISBN 0060591943 (0-06-059194-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Drowned Book: Ecstatic and Earthy Reflections of Bahauddin, the Father of Rumi'Book summary:Bahauddin, Rumi's father, was not only a major force in the development of Islamic spirituality, but also deeply influential in his son's life. This delightful and provocative collection reveals the depth of thirteenth-century Sufi mystical wisdom and its acute observations into nature, humanity, and the mysteries of life. Full of wit and insight, Bahauddin's notes bring to the reader a deeper understanding of his son Rumi's spiritual and intellectual heritage.
After his father's death in 1231, Rumi carried his father's spiritual notebook, known as the Maarif, everywhere. The writer Aflaki tells this story of the meeting of Rumi and Shams: Rumi is sitting by a fountain in Konya talking to his students with the Maarif open on the fountain's ledge. Suddenly, Shams interrupts the conversation and pushes the precious text into the water.
"Who are you and why are you doing this?" asks Rumi, protesting that this copy of his father's diary is the only one in existence.
Shams replies, "It is time for you to live what you have been reading of and talking about. But if you want, we can retrieve the book. It will be perfectly dry. See?" And he lifts Bahauddin's notebook out, "Dry."
Rumi set aside his father's book and joined Shams; but now, in this first-ever translation of the vital passages of the Maarif, renowned poet Coleman Barks and Persian scholar John Moyne open a window into the world of Rumi, the young man who became one of the world's best-loved poets and great spiritual teachers.
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The Essential Rumiby Coleman Barks , Jalal Al-Din Rumi, John MoyneISBN 0062509594 (0-06-250959-4)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Rumi'Book summary:No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of Rumi's poetry than Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite renderings of the 13th-century Persian mystic's words into American free verse capture all the "inner searching, the delicacy, and simple groundedness" that characterize Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to the images, tone, and spiritual message of the originals. Barks's introductions to each of the 27 sections (described as "playful palimpsests spread over Rumi's imagination," and "meant to confuse scholars who would divide Rumi's poetry into the accepted categories") are themselves wonderful achievements of a poetic imagination; searching explanations of unfamiliar concepts and funny stories provide colorful background and frame the selections as no dry historical exegesis could.
While Barks's stamp on this collection is clear, it in no way interferes with the poems themselves; Rumi's voice leaps off these pages with an ecstatic energy that leaves readers breathless. There are poems of love, rage, sadness, pleading, and longing; passionate outbursts about the torture of longing for his beloved and the sweet pleasure that comes from their union; amusing stories of sexual exploits or human weakness; and quiet truths about the beauty and variety of human emotion. More than anything, Rumi makes plain the unbridled joy that comes from living life fully, urging us always to put aside our fears and take the risk to do so. As he says: "The way of love is not / a subtle argument. / The door there is devastation. / Birds make great sky-circles / of their freedom. / How do they learn it? / They fall, and falling, / they're given wings." --Uma Kukathas [via]
The Essential Rumiby Jalaal al-Dain Raumai, Coleman Barks , John MoyneISBN 0140195793 (0-14-019579-3)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Juiceby Coleman BarksISBN 0060102136 (0-06-010213-6)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Lion of the Heartby Jalaal al-Dain Raumai, Coleman BarksISBN 0140195777 (0-14-019577-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Rumi:Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heartby Coleman Barks , A.J. Arberry, Nevit ErginISBN 0061338168 (0-06-133816-8)
Hardcover, Harperone
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Rumi The Book Of Love: Poems Of Ecstasy And Longingby Coleman Barks , John Moyne, Reynold Nicholson, Nevit Ergin, M.G. GuptaISBN 0060750502 (0-06-075050-2)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poemsby Coleman Barks , John Moyne, Jalal Al-Din RumiISBN 0060604522 (0-06-060452-2)
Softcover, Harper San Francisco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems'Book summary:When Rumi was born in Afghanistan in 1207, it was a time of tremendous political turmoil in the Near East. Paradoxically, it was also a time of "brilliant mystical awareness," writes translator Coleman Barks in The Soul of Rumi. This brilliance shines through in every passage, as Barks celebrates the ecstatic nature of Rumi's poetry. Barks (The Essential Rumi) has been given much credit for leading modern Westerners to this astounding poet. His sensitivity to the reader is evidenced in how he organizes the poetry according to themes. Since Rumi is often quoted at public gatherings, such as weddings and memorial services, this makes referencing especially easy. In the section entitled "When Friend Meets Friend," readers find the poem "The Soul's Friend":
The most living moment comes when those who love each other meet each other's eyes and in what flows between them then. To see your face in a crowd of others, or alone on a frightening street, I weep for that&.
Barks offers a gracefully rendered introduction to each section, providing personal and historical background of the poetry. Elegantly designed and printed on cream-colored, heavy-stock paper, this is a delight for Rumi fans. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of The Soul of Rumi: A New Collection of Ecstatic Poems:
Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Homeby Coleman Barks , John Moyne, Jalal Al-Din RumiISBN 0140195769 (0-14-019576-9)
Hardcover, Arkana
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A Year with Rumi: Daily Readingsby Coleman Barks , John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicolson, Nevit ErganISBN 006084597X (0-06-084597-X)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
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