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Coleman Barks

Coleman Barks, Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, is Rumi's premier English translator. He lives in Athens, Georgia.

Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion

Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi

by
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

These selections from Rumi's Mathnawi – a classic of Sufi spiritual literature – express the "lion's roar" of courage, discipline, clarity, and integrity. The lion represents the fierce intensity that recognizes no authority except… Read More

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Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion

Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi

by
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

These selections from Rumi's Mathnawi—a classic of Sufi spiritual literature—express the "lion's roar" of courage, discipline, clarity, and integrity. The lion represents the fierce intensity that recognizes no authority except the highest truth. At the same time, Rumi's lion is… Read More

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Open Secret

Versions of Rumi

translated by
Coleman Barks,
John Moyne

These quatrains and odes reveal a most human and accessible side of the great poet and mystic. They are the personal records of one man's encounter with the Divine. … Read More
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This Longing

Poetry, Teaching Stories, and Letters of Rumi

by
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi,
Coleman Barks,
John Moyne

This Rumi collection features selections from one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, the Mathnawi. The Mathnawi consists of six volumes of poetry in rhyme—over fifty-one thousand verses—inspired by folklore, the Qur'an, stories of saints and teachers, and… Read More
This Longing
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Unseen Rain

Quatrains of Rumi

translated by
Coleman Barks,
John Moyne

Rumi's short poems have many tones and effects: some of them are quick, joyful, and whimsical; some are finely faceted abstract statements; some probe the inward space of patience and longing. Moyne and Barks translated these poems using a free-verse… Read More
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Coleman Barks, Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia, is Rumi's premier English translator. He lives in Athens, Georgia.