Rumi's little book of love and laughter

Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these teaching stories and fables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do--however compulsive--affords a glimpse into the inner life.

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Rowdy, ecstatic, and sometimes stern, these teaching stories and fables reveal new and very human properties in Rumi's vision. Included here are the notorious "Latin parts" that Reynold Nicholson felt were too unseemly to appear in English in his 1920s translation. For Rumi, anything that human beings do--however compulsive--affords a glimpse into the inner life.

Here are more than 40 fables or teaching stories that deal with love, laughter, death, betrayal, and the soul. The stories are exuberant, earthy, and bursting with vitality--much like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch or Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The characters are guilty, lecherous, tricky, ribald, and finally possessors of opened souls.

Barks writes: "These teaching stories are a kind of scrimshaw--intricately carved, busy figures, confused and threatening, and weirdly funny.

This is an entertaining collection from one of the greatest spiritual poets of all time, rendered by his most popular translator.

"The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." - Rumi

RUMI was a thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic.

COLEMAN BARKS is an American poet, a former faculty member at the University of Georgia, and a renowned interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets. He makes frequent international appearances and is well-known throughout the Middle East. His work has contributed to the creation of a strong Rumi following in the English...

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RUMI was a thirteenth-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic.

COLEMAN BARKS is an American poet, a former faculty member at the University of Georgia, and a renowned interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets. He makes frequent international appearances and is well-known throughout the Middle East. His work has contributed to the creation of a strong Rumi following in the English-speaking world and the dissemination of Sufi ideas across many cultural boundaries. Barks received an honorary doctorate from Tehran University in 2006. He is the author of many books and lives in Athens, Georgia.

Introduction: Scrimshaw
Nasuh
Images of the Unseen
Two Ways of Running
In Baghdad, Dreaming of Cairo: In Cairo, Dreaming of Baghdad
Dying, Laughing
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Introduction: Scrimshaw
Nasuh
Images of the Unseen
Two Ways of Running
In Baghdad, Dreaming of Cairo: In Cairo, Dreaming of Baghdad
Dying, Laughing
Human Honesty
Dalqak’s Message
Faraj’s Wedding Night
Bestami
Eyes-Shut Facing Eyes-Rolling-Around
The Visions of Daquqi
Sexual Urgency, What a Woman’s Laughter Can Do, and the Nature of True Virility
The Court Poet
Spiritual Seniority
The Law Student and the Shroud-Maker
The Trick of Hiding in a Box
Berouged Old Ladies
Ayaz and the King’s Pearl
A Man and a Woman Arguing
Muhammed and the Huge Eater
The Pear Tree
Two Ways of Coming Down a Mountain
Spilling the Rose Oil
When a Madman Smiles at You
A Song About a Donkey
Childhood Friends
Chinese Art and Greek Art
Tattooing in Qazwin
A Subtle Theological Point
A One-Grain Ant
The Private Banquet
Cry Out in Your Weakness
Flowing Gifts
A Goat Kneels!
Three Creatures
The Ocean Duck
An Early Morning Eye
Collect the Pieces
Following the Sunset
Solomon and Sheba
In Between Stories
The Worm’s Waking
Put This Design in Your Carpet
Lovers Want Each Other Completely Naked
A House With Only One Door
The Importance of Gourdcrafting
Chickpea to Cook
A Presence Like Rain
Notes
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