Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi [Paperback]

Jelaluddin Rumi (Author), Kabir Edmund Helminski (Translator)

Book Description

Release date: April 18, 2000

     "Love is a stranger and speaks a strange language," wrote Rumi, one of the world's most beloved mystical poets. His poems of spiritual love still speak directly to our hearts after more than seven hundred years. These classic selections contemplate separation and longing, intoxication and bliss, union and transcendence.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

About the Author

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was not only a poet, mystic, and the founder of a Sufi order, he was a man of profound insight into the nature of human existence and possibly the greatest mystical poet of any age.

Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala (April 18, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570625271
• ISBN-13: 978-1570625275
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.3 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #28 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Middle Eastern
  • #30 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Asian
  • #46 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Islam > Sufism

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritualy Inspiring April 28, 2007

By Seeker of Knowledge

This is an amazing work and translation. I have read a couple other translations, though none compare to this. Even though capturing the essence of the original Rumi is nigh impossible, this is the wine that is least diluted.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Good December 26, 2011

By Patty H.

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This book of poetry is lovely if you're into that sort of thing. I bought it for a class, and I found many poems that really spoke to me. I found just as many that I didn't understand. Truth is, Rumi wrote a lot about love and the spirit and the afterlife. Only buy if you're already a fan of Rumi.

5.0 out of 5 stars Jungian mentor January 2, 2010

By Linda Wenrick

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Home base for many of us -- along with Jung -- only recently did I appreciate who came first along this road!
Rumi, as Muslim mystic, also founded the Whirling Dervish branch of Sufism -- for men AND women, we now know -- in Konya, Turkey.
(it's worth the trip)