Rumi's Divan of Shems of Tabriz: Selected Odes (Element Classics of World Spirituality) (Hardcover)

~ Jalal Al-Din Rumi (Author), Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (Author), James Cowan (Author, Translator)

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Persian

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852309199
• ISBN-13: 978-1852309190
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,732,967 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Rumi collection!, May 7, 2000

By	Kim E. Hukill "kim.hukill" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love the poetry of Rumi. This book, to me, is the absolute best collection of them all! The introduction, by James Cowan, includes the best essay I have ever read on Rumi's experience with Shems, and really speaks to the greater subject of human friendship itself. I swear! Read the first 30 pages and you will be sold on this book by the introduction alone! This book is a nicely bound hardback, and is one of my favorite gifts to give to close friends and those who enjoy Rumi's work. You do not have to believe in mysticism or belong to any religious creed to enjoy the simple beauty of Rumi's work.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book of beauty, April 9, 2007

By	Gogol (England) - See all my reviews

The below review says it all realy. James Cowan writes with a real love of the subject and brings to life the emotions, the landscape the events behind the meeting of Rumi and Shems. Unlike others he does not hide the fact that this is a rewrite fo earlier translations and it is perhaps his humility that realy makes this book special.

If you want to read the works of Rumi it might be worth starting here (the works of Professor Schimmel will also be of help)