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Rumi‘s Sufi poetry feels like a quiet, intimate chat with your heart, inviting you to look within, meet yourself, and at the same time let yourself go. Even though translations lose some of the original depth, certain lines still carry the magic and stay with your soul long after.
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What a beautiful collection of poems!

Going into this, I was only vaguely familiar with Rumi and his poetry. I was always curious about his work and I‘m happy I finally read it.

I love that the translator gave a ton of context to the poems. The book opens with notes on the transliteration, Rumi‘s life, and on the poems.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/review-the-flame-of-love/

Good parallel account of the meeting of Rumi with Shams, a Sufi, which made him become a poet, and a modern day woman trying to make sense of her loveless marriage, who also meets a modern Sufi. I learned about Sufism and can see its attraction and the need for love, but I am not as enthralled with it as others might be. Still it is good. I began following Shafak.

Dubbo‘s book swap delivered the goods while I was home for the holidays!

Starting another one by Shafak that my Library has. About the poet Rumi.

Ella‘s been a SAHM most of her married life, but now the kids are old so she has gotten a job as a reader for a literary agent. The first script is Sweet Blasphemy. A book about Rumi and his spiritual companion Shams of Tabriz. Shams is a traveling dervish, and he has 40 rules for life and love, and he follows a philosophy on unity of people and religion. Not everyone agrees with this

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When you unexpectedly wake to snow in April you must immediately crawl back into bed with your Rumi, hot tea, and all the kitties to wait for spring to come back