The Love Poems of Rumi

RavenWing’s recommendation: I just love Rumi, the simple uncluttered verse that reaches into your Soul, lighting you up to deeper feelings and wisdom, this translation feels true to the heart of Rumi. The book itself is so beautifully presented, the colourful pages sing along with the words. This is a perfect gift for a lover and/or a friend, or for the lover and the friend inside yourself.

The Love Poems of Rumi is a beautiful and elegantly illustrated gift book of Rumi’s poems translated by Nader Khalili, geared for readers searching for inspirational themes and messages about love.

Translated by renowned Rumi expert Nader Khalili, over 120 poems about love from the Persian mystic poet and Sufi master have been carefully collected and curated in this beautifully illustrated edition.

For more than eight centuries, Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi (commonly referred to simply as Rumi) has enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry. The verses herein perfectly express and are centered on the theme of love, along with the quest, desire, and deeper meanings of love for not only ourselves, but also of our fellow humankind.

With intricately designed and richly coloured covers that mirror the beauty of the words within, the Timeless Rumi series presents themed collections of poems from the great Sufi mystic that serve as cherished tools for self-reflection.

About the Author

Jalal ad-Din Rumi, commonly known just as Rumi, was a Persian Sunni Muslim poet, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic whose works, written in the thirteenth century, are popular throughout the world today.

Translator Nader Khalili (1936­­-2008) was a world-renowned Iranian-American architect, author, humanitarian, and teacher. Khalili was also the founder and director of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (Cal-Earth). Khalili was raised by the poetry of Rumi. As a child, his grandmother would recite Rumi’s poetry to lull him to sleep. He later developed a passion for studying and translating Rumi’s works. Rumi’s poetry also became an intrinsic part of Khalili’s architectural career. Inspired by the mystical poetry of Rumi, his architecture was distilled from the timeless principles of this universe and its timeless materials-the elements of earth, air, water, and fire.