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The English interpretations of Rumi's poetry by Coleman Barks have sold more than half a million copies worldwide, [101] and Rumi is one of the most widely read poets in the United States. [102] There is a famous landmark in Northern India , known as Rumi Gate , situated in Lucknow (the capital of Uttar Pradesh ) named for Rumi.
The answer of an ascetic who was warned not to weep, lest he should become blind; The peasant who stroked a lion in the dark; The Súfis who sold the traveller’s ass; The greedy insolvent; Parable for those who say “if” The man who killed his mother because he suspected her of adultery; The King and his two slaves
The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی, DMG: Mas̲navī-e maʻnavī), also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Rumi. It is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.
While following the long tradition of Sufi poetry as well as the traditional metrical conventions of ghazals, the poems in the Divan showcase Rumi’s unique, trance-like poetic style. [3] Written in the aftermath of the disappearance of Rumi’s beloved spiritual teacher, Shams-i Tabrizi , the Divan is dedicated to Shams and contains many ...
The main narrative action ends with the death of Shams Tabrizi and Rumi's coming-to-terms with it in his work and life. This is thought to have taken place historically in 1248. The opera heavily features poetry from the librettist Dante Micheaux, as well as Rumi's work in English translation. There is some use of spoken word rather than singing.
Shams-i Tabrīzī (Persian: شمس تبریزی) or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian [1] Shafi'ite [1] poet, [2] who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī.
Eşrefoğlu Abdullah Rûmî (d. 1469) was a Turkish poet and mystic of the early years of Ottoman Empire. [1] [2] His original name was Abdullah, but he was known as Ashrafoglu Rumi, Ashrafoglu meaning “son of Ashraf” and Rumi referring to being from Rūm (lands of the Romans).
Like This: More Poems of Rumi (Audiobook). Audio Literature. ISBN 0-944993-14-1. Barks, Coleman; Dorothy Fadiman (1993). Selections From Open Secret (Poems of the 13th Century Sufi Master Rumi) (Cassette). Coleman and Dorothy. Barks, Coleman (1997). Dust Particles in Sunlight: Poems of Rumi (Cassette). Omega Publications. ISBN 0-930872-60-6.