By Coleman Barks
2007 is the "Year of Rumi," and who greater than Coleman Barks, Rumi's not going, supremely passionate ambassador, to mark the milestone of this nice poet's 800th birthday? Barks, who was once lately presented an honorary doctorate in Persian language and literature by means of the collage of Tehran for his thirty years of translating Rumi, has accumulated and translated 90 new poems, such a lot of them by no means released prior to in any shape. the result's this pretty variation titled Rumi: Bridge to the Soul. The "bridge" within the name is a connection with the Khajou Bridge in Isphahan, Iran, which Barks visited with Robert Bly in may possibly of 2006—a journey that during many ways brought on this booklet. The "soul bridge" additionally indicates Rumi himself, who crosses cultures and religions and brings us all jointly to hear his phrases, despite beginning or creed. Open this ebook and enable Rumi's poetry hold you into the internal silence and pleasure of the spirit, where that unites wide awake realizing with a deeper, extra soulful understanding.
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