Rumi
The Book of Love : Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
(Author) Coleman BarksNow in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out. 'There are lovers content with longing. I'm not one of them.' Rumi is best known for his poems expressing the ecstasies and mysteries of love of all kinds – erotic, divine, friendship –and Coleman Barks collects here the best of those poems, ranging from the 'wholeness' one experiences with a true lover, to the grief of a lover's loss, and all the states in between: from the madness of sudden love to the shifting of a romance to deep friendship – these poems cover all 'the magnificent regions of the heart'.
Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks is an American poet and translator best known for his interpretations of the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi. His translations of Rumi's works have brought the mystical and spiritual teachings of the Sufi poet to a wide audience in the English-speaking world. Barks' translations are known for their lyrical and accessible style, capturing the essence of Rumi's poetry while also infusing them with his own poetic sensibility. One of his most famous works is "The Essential Rumi," a collection of Rumi's poems translated by Barks. His contributions to literature have helped to popularize Rumi's poetry and teachings, making them more accessible to a contemporary audience.
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