75 poems translated from the original Persian texts by architect and author Nader Khalili. Rumi's poetry is the inspiration behind the author's architectural work and the Rumi domes of light (book cover photo). Come let's fall in love again; let's turn all the dirt in this world to shiny gold.
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Nader Khalili has been able to bring out the fact that Rumi's message has a practical and concrete relevance to our everyday world. Nader has been perfoming a major human service by bringing beauty into architectural forms. In this volume he illustrates his versatiliy by bringing it into linguistic forms as well. -- Prof. William Chittick, State University of New York Stony Brook, author of the Sufi Path of Love.
About the Author
Internationally renowned California architect and author Nader Khalili is the innovator of the Ceramic Houses and Superadobe earthen construction technologies. He serves as a consultant to the U.N. and a contributor to NASA, and directs Cal-Earth Institute, in California, and the Sustainable ARP at SCI-Arc. He has been awarded by the CCAIA for "Excellence in Technology", the U.N. and HUD for "Shelter for the Homeless", and the ASCE (Aerospace division) for his work in lunar and Martian base building technology.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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More than just translations,
This review is from: Rumi: Fountain of Fire (Paperback)
These poems are so poignantly rendered in the English language from the Persian, it's as if Rumi himself had traveled forward in time to rewrite them just for us. You don't have to be a Sufi to appreciate the wisdom of these words, and you don't have to like poetry to find them unbearably beautiful. This is the ultimate gift of love.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Breathtakingly beautiful and deeply stirring.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Rumi: Fountain of Fire (Paperback)
These translations are the purest and the most inspiring I've seen. Let this be your source of RUMI's teachings as it is mine."Seek not water, seek thirst."--Rumi
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The best translations of Rumi I have ever found.,
By Jan Neumin (gems@pathcom.com) (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rumi: Fountain of Fire (Paperback)
I have been searching for a copy of this book for over a year. While Coleman Barks seems to be getting better and better over time, Nader Khalili has arrived. These are wonderful selections, beautifully translated. Nader's style adds a wonderful touch to Rumi's sure words, and the resulting combination is truly inspiring. I can't sing enough praises for this book. Buy it, and help me convince Nader to write more. Anyone have his e-mail address?
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