Dimensions
140 x 187 x 24mm
Through this stunning translation, Coleman Barks illuminates a theme of "love as religion" and love in its most meaningful form: soul friendship.
Many of Rumi's short poems circle around the delight, and the impossibility, of friendship. Love is the religion that we must learn to practice more and more deeply. These will be short poems, rich in beauty and spiritual insight. Rumi's poetry is honored and delighted in by many traditions and cultures.
Many people are now are drawn to a sense of the sacred that is beyond belief and beyond a specific sacred text, beyond a church and beyond religious dogma-and Rumi's poetry speaks to these people, and beloved by many. We expect that ardent fans of both Rumi in general and specifically Coleman's beautiful renderings will be thrilled for a new book of poetry, and that this collection will only add to the solid sales track that we have established with Barks' previous books.
An example of one of the poems is below: The friend wonders, How long shall we stay apart like this, looking at each other? I am the one who helps. Love is the helpless one. What is an image of the soul? A small child in the cradle. What does the heart look like? A stranger from another country, wandering here as a beggar.
