"The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of poems by Persian poet Rumi presented both in Persian and English translation. Themes include silence, love, and revelation.

Deepak Chopra presents his personal selection of favorite poems by one of history's greatest poets of spirituality and romance. Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of mysticism and desire that inspired countless people in his own time and throughout the centuries. His poems expressed the deepest longings of the human heart for its beloved,...