The Love Poems of Rumi

67 Pages·1998·0.787 MB·English

by  Rumi, Deepak Chopra

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These poems reflect the deepest longings of the human heart as it
searches for the divine. They celebrate love. Each poetic whisper is
urgent, expressing the desire that penetrates human relationships
and inspires intimacy with the self, silently nurturing an affinity for
the Beloved.
Both Fereydoun Kia, the translator, and I hope that you
will share the experience of ravishing ecstasy that the poems of
Rumi evoked in us. In this volume we have sought to capture in
English the dreams, wishes, hopes, desires, and feelings of a Persian
poet who continues to amaze, bewilder, confound, and teach, one
thousand years after he walked on this earth.
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Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad
Balkhi in Persia early in the thir­
teenth century, the poet known as
Rumi (named after the city where
he lived) composed works of mysti­
cism and desire that inspired count­
less people in his own time and
throughout the centuries. His poems
expressed the deepest longings of
the human heart for its beloved, for
that transcendent intimacy which 1s
the source of the divine.
This slender, beaurifi.d volume
consists of new translations by Farsi
scholar Fereydoun Kia, edited by
Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich
mood and music of Rum.i's love
poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing
ecstasy, and consum.ing desire emerge
from these poems as powerfully
today as they did on their creation
more than 700 years ago.
J) E E P A K C H 0 P R A is the
author of more than fifty
books, translated 111 over
thirty-five languages, including
numerous :':ew York Times
bestsellers. Chopra's Wellness
Radio airs weekly on Sirius
Stars, Channel 102. He IS
founder and president of the
Alliance for a ew Humanity.
www. deepakc hopra. com
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�CONTENTS �
AcknowledgmeDnetesp-aCkh opra 7
Acknowledgments-FerKeiyad oun 9
Introduction 11
The Agony and Ecstasy of Divine
Discontent: The Moods of Rumi 15
The Agony of Lovers 17
The Alchemy of Love 18
Aroused Passion 20
The Awakening 21
Behind the Scenes 23
My Beloved 24
Bittersweet 25
My Burning Heart 28
Caught in the Fire of Love 30
Come to Me 31
Defeated by Love 33
Desire 34
Do You Love Me? 35
Dying to Love 37
The Hunt 39
I Am and I Am Not 40
I Am Yours 42
Intoxicated by Love 43
Looking for Love 44
Looking for Your Face 45
Lost in the Wilderness 48
The Lover's Passion 49
The Meaning of Love 50
The Mythical Lover 51
Precious Love 53
Surrender 55
The Privileged Lovers 56
Excerpts from Birdsong:
"Love is the way messengers" 59
"A lightwind coming downhill" 60
"People want you to be happy" 61
"In your light I learn how to love" 62
RecommendReeda ding 63