Rumi
Quatrains (Ruba'iyat)
Written work
Quatrains (Ruba'iyat)
رباعیات (Ruba'iyat)
Four-line compositions, the short form of Persian lyric, condensing a paradox or a moment of spiritual intoxication. They are often published as a separate book. It is the area where the authentic has most been mixed with the attributed: the famous "Come, come, whoever you are" is one of those wandering quatrains.
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Authorship note
They form part of the *Divan-e Shams* (about 1,990 in Foruzanfar's edition), but their authenticity is the least secure in the whole corpus: many "Rumi" quatrains circulated earlier under other names.
Editions and translations
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English
Rumi
The Ruba'iyat of Jalal al-Din Rumi
The Conscious LibraryThe Ruba'iyat of Jalal al-Din Rumi
Emery Walker, 1949
Translation: A. J. Arberry
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Other works by Rumi
Sources
- Schimmel, Annemarie. The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi. Londres: Fine Books / East-West Publications, 1978; Albany: SUNY Press, 1993.
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