Selected Poems from the Divan-E Shams-E Tabrizi: Along With the Original Persian

by Rumi, Jalalu'l-Din

• ISBN13: 9780936347615
• ISBN10: 0936347619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Small Pr Distribution

Summary

Selection of the lyrical poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi.

Author Biography

Jalaluddin Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh and died in 1273 in Konya. The greatest mystic poet of Iran and Islam, seven centuries later, has become the most popular poet in America. Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (1868-1945) is considered one of the authorities on Rumi.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	xv
Authorship of the Divan	xv
Jalalu 'ddin Rumi	xvi
Shamsi Tabriz	xviii
The Spiritual Director	xx
Jalalu 'ddin and Shamsi Tabriz	xxii
Sufiism in Persian poetry. Development of Sufiism	xxv
The doctrines of Jalalu 'ddin and Plotinus	xxx
Criticism of the Divan	xxxvi
Editions and Manuscripts of the Divan	xlvii
Addenda and Corrigenda	liii
Selected Poems	2	(195)
Notes	197	(122)
Additional Notes	319	(12)
Appendices	331	(20)
I. Illustrative passages from the Divan with a list of the historical and autobiographical allusions	331	(11)
II. Translations in verse	342	(5)
III. Table showing where the Selected Poems occur in other editions of the Divan	347	(2)
IV. Comparative Table of passage quoted from the Masnavi	349	(2)
Indices	351	(2)
I. Persian and Arabic	351	(11)
II. English	362