Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of mysticism and desire that inspired countless people in his own time and throughout the centuries. His poems expressed the deepest longings of the human heart for its beloved, for that transcendent intimacy which is the source of the divine.
This slender, beautiful volume consists of new translations by Farsi scholar Fereydoun Kia, edited by Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich mood and music of Rumi's love poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing ecstasy, and consuming desire emerge from these poems as powerfully today as they did on their creation more than 700 years ago.
Author(s): Rumi; Deepak Chopra
Publisher: Harmony
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 64
Covers
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments -Deepak Chopra
Acknowledgments - Fereydoun Kia
Introduction
The Agony and Ecstasy of Divine Discontent
The Agony of Lovers
The Alchemy of Love
Aroused Passion
The Awakening
Behind the Scenes
My Beloved
Bittersweet
My Burning Heart
Caught in the Fire of Love
Come lo Me
Defeated by Love
Desire
Do You Love Me?
Dying lo Love
The Hunt
I Am and I Am Not
I Am Yours
lntoxicated by Love
Looking for Love
Looking for Your Face
Lost in lhe Wilderness
The Lover's Passion
The Meaning of Love
The Mythical Lover
Precious Love
Surrender
The Privileged Lovers
Excerpts from "Birdsong"
"Love is the way messengers"
"A lightwind coming downhill"
"People want you to be happy"
"In your light I learn how to love"
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