Unseen Rain: Quatrains of Rumi

by Rumi

Book Overview

Rumi's short poems have many tones and effects: some of them are quick, joyful, and whimsical; some are finely faceted abstract statements; some probe the inward space of patience and longing. Moyne... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939660164
• ISBN13: 9780939660162
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Threshold Books
• Length: 83 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Let Rumi expand your mind.

Rumi led me to world history, comparative religions, and haiku. "The hand is veiled, yet the pen writes as bidden."

What can you say about RumiI?

If you love word images and haven't yet discovered Rumi, you are about to experience a real treat. It amazes me how Rumi, who lived hundreds of years ago and in a culture totally different from the modern American world, can share thoughts and insights so relevant to today, to any tme. This little book is a collection of little jewels that totally transcend time and culture. In today's world, with the Middle East such a concern, Rumi also demonstrates that we all are not so different as we might think. Consider him not just a poet, but a trans-generational, trans-cultural missionary who can teach us some understanding and appreciation for each other.

A recommended pick for any collection strong in Rumi wisdom.

Rumi is known for over 44,000 verses that appear in a 23-volume collection, yet Rumi also composed nearly two thousand rubias (short observations). His rubias were primarily oral and spontaneous as he journeyed through Turkey, so unlike his other collected verses few have been translated into English, until now. Nevit Ergin is translator of Rumi's 44-volue set and he and Will Johnson together present over two hundred of Rumi's best rubias, making this a recommended pick for any collection strong in Rumi wisdom.

The Most Beautiful Poetry on the Planet

If I were stuck on that proverbial desert island with just one book, this would be it. I've read these graceful four line poems over and over, and every time gain fresh insight. The genius of this work is that it can be read on so many different levels--give it to a couple newly in love and they can read it to each other as a book of love poems. Give it to a serious seeker of God and they will understand the love and beloved of the poems to be the relationship between Rumi and God, and the ecstasy of real communion with God...either way, this poems are beautiful and infinite. I brought this book to Afghanistan (where Rumi was born) and found the love of this poet (who they know as Bahlki) to be a bond, and we translated many poems back and forth...there are many more. BUY this book! And buy five copies to give to friends. Even people who think they don't like or read poetry end up loving this book, especially if they are on the path to God.

exceptional insight into the Guru-disciple Relationship

For the mystically inclined, Moyne and Barks translation of this collection of Rumi quatrains, is an "evocative" excursion into that "realm"..the realm of the "mystical". Truly, a source of contemplation and deep wisdom, the book also "tests" "traditional" concepts and notions related to...the "boundaries" of love. But, Rumi was a truly "enlightened" being, and, therefore although...a being whose words will "stretch" our mind...he will never be talking about anything but..the "divine" in essence. This particular collection by Moyne and Barks...speaks a little more "specifically" to the aspect of "longing" in the "spiritual search".