Love Poems of Rumi

Name: Love Poems of Rumi
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ISBN: 9780609602430

ISBN-10: 0609602438

ISBN-13: 9780609602430

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Authors: Deepak Chopra, Fereydoun Kia, Jalal Al-Din Rumi

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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…

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List price: $13.00
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/12/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Deepak Chopra, M.D., is the best-selling author of "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind," "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success," & many other books.

The greatest Sufi poet, Rumi was born in Balkh and settled in Anatolia (Turkey) after years of travel. His major work, the Masnavi, stands as one of the great complete expressions of Islamic mysticism. There are countless studies of his work in Persian.



Acknowledgments



Acknowledgments



Introduction


The Agony and Ecstasy of Divine Discontent: The Moods of Rumi


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 to Me


Defeated by Love


Desire


Do You Love Me?


Dying to Love


The Hunt


I Am and I Am Not


I Am Yours


Intoxicated by Love


Looking for Love


Looking for Your Face


Lost in the 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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