Later compilation
The Essential Rumi
An anthology of poems from the Divan of Shams and passages from the Masnavi in Coleman Barks's free versions, arranged by themes such as longing, drunkenness, silence or union. It is the book that made Rumi one of the best-selling poets in the United States and fixed the popular image of the poet in the West.
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Authorship note
Free English versions by Coleman Barks, with John Moyne, based on earlier literal translations; they are not direct translations from the Persian and have been criticised for blurring the poems' Islamic frame. No verified Spanish edition: title translated.
Editions and translations
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English
The Essential Rumi
Penguin Classics, Londres, 2004
ISBN 9780140449532
The Essential Rumi
HarperOne, San Francisco, 2004
ISBN 9780062509598
Primera edición: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.
Other works by Rumi
Sources
- Ali, Rozina. «The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi». The New Yorker, 5 de enero de 2017.
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