Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi

by Rumi

Book Overview

" 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570625271
• ISBN13: 9781570625275
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Jungian mentor

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)

Spiritualy Inspiring

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.