Rumi, the big red book : the great masterpiece celebrating mystical love and friendship : odes and quatrains from the Shams

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273, author.

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"Rumi's "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" ("The Works of Shams of Tabriz"--Named in honor of Rumi's spiritual teacher and friend) is a collection of lyric poems that contain more than 40,000 verses by America's bestselling poet, and is a classic of Persian literature. Its most familiar form is as a big red book, hence the name. Coleman Barks is famous for his renderings of Rumi's poetry and his work on these particular poems has never been published anywher...

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ISBN:

9780061905834

Description:

492 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī. Selections. English
Big red book

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Translated from the Persian

Contents:

Odes (Ghazals)
Al-Fattah, the opener
Al-Jami, the gatherer
Al-Batin, the hidden
Al-Khabir, the aware, the knowing
Al-Bari, the maker from nothing
Al-Hayy, the living
Al-Haqq, the truth
As-Salaam, peace
Ar-Rahim, the compassionate
An-Nur, light
Ash-Shakur, the grateful
Al-Latif, the subtle, the intricate
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Osho
Ramana Maharshi
Dissolving the concept of "God"
Playing
Shams Tabriz, the friend
Tenderness toward existence
As-Sabur, the patient
Ar-Rahman, the kind
Al-Mutakabbir, the majesty
As-Sami, the hearing
Al-Basir, the seeing
Al-Wadud, the loving
Everything and everyone else
The name that cannot be spoken or written
Quatrains (Rubai)
Taurus: the bull
Ursa Major: the great bear, the big dipper
Corona Borealis: the northern crown
Libra: the scales
Gemini: the twins, Castor and Pollux
Cancer: the crab
Cassiopeia: the queen
Virgo: the virgin
Orion: the hunter
Leo: the lion
The Milky Way, our home address seen from the side
Bijou: the black hole
Columba: Noah's dove
Draco: the dragon
Capricorn: the sea goat
Hercules: the hero
Pegasus: the winged horse
Lepus: the hare
Canis Major: the great dog
Boötes: the herdsman
Aries: the ram
Delphinus: the dolphin
Cetus: the sea monster, or kraken
Andromeda: the chained queen
Scorpio: the scorpion
Sagittarius: the archer
Pisces: the fish

LCCN:

2010007895

Control Number:

3279736

Other Authors:

Barks, Coleman, translator

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