Book Summary
This Rumi collection features selections from one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, the Mathnawi. The Mathnawi consists of six volumes of poetry in rhyme-over fifty-one thousand verses-inspired by folklore, the Qur'an, stories of saints and teachers, and sayings of Muhammed. Rendered by Rumi's premier English translators, these excerpts from the Mathnawi are presented in American free-verse style. About the Author John Moyne is a Persian scholar and Emeritus Professor and former head of Linguistics at the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
Book Details
| Book Name | This Longing: Poetry, Teaching Stories, And Letters Of Rumi |
| Author | Jalalu'l-din Rumi, Maulana Jalal Al-din Rumi, Jelaluddin Rumi |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications (06/2000) |
| ISBN | 9781570625336 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 581 |