After Shams was extinguished, Rumi fell into a deep state of grief and gradually out of that pain outpoured nearly 70,000 verses of poetry almost all in Persian that are collected in two epic books.

Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim, but he's the most downloaded poet in America. Now a Dallas chorus - with an Iranian composer and a Syrian digital artist - has created a rapturous version of Rumi's ...

Please join us for a celebration of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th century Persian poet, philosopher and Sufi mystic. Poetry, ...

Rumi, a Persian poet from the 13th century, put his devotion to God and love of friendship in numerous […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 43°F. Sunday, March 23rd 2025 ...

Coleman Barks, the world's best known translator of Rumi's work, is credited with helping make Rumi one of the most popular poets in the United States — Barks' 18 books of Rumi poems have sold ...

The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 807 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent years, making him the most popular poet in the US.

TEHRAN, Iran. At a busy subway station in central Tehran, an excerpt from an iconic Persian poem from 13th century poet and mystic Jalaluddin al-Rumi greets travelers as they hop on and off ...

It was a collection of poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet, translated by Coleman Barks. “It kind of changed my life,” Martin said later, in an interview.

My father recited Rumi to me as I grew up. I finally chose to listen. By Melody Moezzi Ms. Moezzi is a writer and activist. Five years ago, in an act of creative desperation, I decided to immerse ...

During the last decades of his life, the Persian poet Rumi was surrounded by news of terrorism, just as we are eight centuries later. Those were the days of Mongol invasions that swept past the ...