Night and Sleep [Paperback]

Jalal Al-Din Rumi (Author), Rita Shumaker (Illustrator), Robert Bly (Translator), Coleman Barks (Translator)

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Publication Date: January 1981

Seventeen poems of Rumi, a 13th-century Persian mystic, in English versions by Robert Bly and Coleman Barks. These poems express a longing for the "Mystical Friend," a spiritual guide, or brother. "When Things are Heard" from the collection is featured on Keith Jarrett's double album, Invocations and The Moth and the Flame on ECM Records.

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"Not one flat or disappointing poem in the collection. A translation so that you are unaware of the translator!" -- Del Marie Rogers

Product Details

Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Yellow Moon Pr; Limited edition (January 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0938756028
ISBN-13: 978-0938756026
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,199,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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