The Love Poems of Rumi
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...
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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.
Acknowledgments7Acknowledgments9Introduction11The Agony and Ecstasy of Divine Discontent: The Moods of Rumi15The Agony of Lovers17The Alchemy of Love18Aroused Passion20The Awakening21Behind the Scenes23My Beloved24Bittersweet25My Burning Heart28Caught in the Fire of Love30Come to Me31Defeated by Love33Desire34Do You Love Me?35Dying to Love37The Hunt39I Am and I Am Not40I Am Yours42Intoxicated by Love43Looking for Love44Looking for Your Face45Lost in the Wilderness48The Lover's Passion49The Meaning of Love50The Mythical Lover51Precious Love53Surrender55The Privileged Lovers56Excerpts from Birdsong: "Love is the way messengers"59Excerpts from Birdsong: "A lightwind coming downhill"60Excerpts from Birdsong: "People want you to be happy"61Excerpts from Birdsong: "In your light I learn how to love"62Recommended Reading63
