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Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi - Author
Alan Williams - Translator
Alan Williams - Editor/introduction
Alan Williams - Notes by
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| Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 464 pages | ISBN 9780140447910 | 28 Aug 2007 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP |
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The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition—in a brilliant new translation
The longest single -authored “mystical” poem ever written, the Masnavi-ye Ma’navi, or “spiritual couplets,” is the masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition. Its author, Jalaloddin Rumi, was a poet and mystic of the highest attainment, but he was first and foremost a spiritual teacher, and his Masnavi is a ladder to the spiritual world, leading the reader to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path—union with God. Alan Williams’s translation into blank verse beautifully conveys the poetry of the original Persian couplets, while his introduction discusses how the modern reader might approach Rumi’s writing.
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