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Shambhala Publications Inc This Longing : Poetry Teaching Stories And Letters Of Rumi by Jelaluddin Rumi
This Rumi collection features selections from one of the worlds great spiritual masterpieces, the Mathnawi. The Mathnawi consists of six volumes of poetry in rhyme--over fifty-one thousand verses--inspired by folklore, the Quran, stories of saints and teachers, and sayings of Muhammed. Rendered by Rumis premier English translators, these excerpts from the Mathnawi are presented in American free-verse style.show more