Love Is My Savior: The Arabic Poems of Rumi

by Rumi, Nesreen Akhtarkhavari (Translator), Anthony A. Lee (Translator)

Overview

This new volume of Rumi’s works, the first-ever English translation of his Arabic poems, will be exciting for the newcomer to Rumi’s verses as well as to readers already familiar with his mystical philosophy. The poems take the reader on a journey of spiritual exploration, ecstatic union, cruel rejection, and mystic reconciliation. Rumi reveals his soul and welcomes everyone to his spiritual feast.
This dual-language volume opens a treasury of Rumi’s mystic thought and startling poetry. His verses pulsate with desire and longing, with sensuality, and with ecstatic celebration. Rumi found in his mystic poetry a vehicle for the expression of the endless spiritual bounties of love. He placed love at the center of his faith and doctrine, and he pronounced it to be the goal of his life and the only form of true worship. This collection is stunningly rendered in English by an award-winning poet and a distinguished translator of Arabic poetry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611862003
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	02/01/2016
Series:	Arabic Literature and Language
Edition description:	1
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari is the Director of Arabic Studies at DePaul University, where she teaches Arabic literature, translation, content Arabic courses, and language and culture pedagogy.
 
Anthony A. Lee is a lecturer of history at UCLA and at West Los Angeles College, specializing in African American history, African history, and the African Diaspora in Iran.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Leave Behind Temptation

Let's Be Pure 3

Rejoice in Silence 5

Banner of Love 7

I Fell in Love with Angels 9

He Stole My Heart! 11

You Sang of Love

You Sang of Love, So We Came 15

The Price of Love 17

Drunken Brothers 19

This Eye 21

He's Never Bored with Love 23

What Happened to Me? 25

Have Mercy! 29

Come, Let's Pray

We're All Drunk 33

Come, Lets Pray! 35

Night Visitors 37

The Cupbearer Will Explain 39

Rising Moon 41

Cruel Rejection

Separation 45

A Dream 47

Palace of Perfection 49

What Do You See? 51

Light of My Soul 53

Love Is My Savior 55

It Was a Celebration! 57

Longing 59

Good news!

Come to My House 63

Glad Tidings! 65

Your Wine Lights the World 67

Peace Is the Path 69

Hidden Beauty 71

I Climbed to Heaven 73

Good News! 75

Judgment Day 77

Appendix 79