Rumi: Bridge to the Soul
Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart
Coleman Barks
- Originally
- released
- in
- 2007,
- "Year
- of
- Rumi,"
- to
- coincide
- with
- the
- poet's
- 800th
- birthday,
- by
- the
- pre-eminent
- Rumi
- poet
- Coleman
- Barks.In
- Rumi:
- Bridge
- to
- the
- Soul,Coleman
- Barks—who
- holds
- an
- honorary
- doctorate
- in
- Persian
- language
- and
- literature
- by
- the
- University
- of
- Tehran
- for
- his
- decades-long
- translations
- of
- Rumi—has
- collected
- and
- translated
- ninety
- new
- poems,
- most
- of
- them
- never
- published
- before
- in
- any
- form.
- The
- "bridge"
- in
- the
- title
- is
- a
- reference
- to
- the
- Khajou
- Bridge
- in
- Isphahan,
- Iran,
- which
- Barks
- visited
- with
- Robert
- Bly
- in
- May
- of
- 2006—a
- trip
- that
- in
- many
- ways
- prompted
- this
- book.
- The
- "soul
- bridge"
- also
- suggests
- Rumi
- himself,
- who
- crosses
- cultures
- and
- religions
- and
- brings
- us
- all
- together
- to
- listen
- to
- his
- words,
- regardless
- of
- origin
- or
- creed.Open
- this
- book
- and
- let
- Rumi's
- poetry
- carry
- you
- into
- the
- interior
- silence
- and
- joy
- of
- the
- spirit,
- the
- place
- that
- unites
- conscious
- knowing
- with
- a
- deeper,
- more
- soulful understanding.
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