Spiritual Verses (Penguin Classics)

At last, a translation of Rumi's Masnavi which, without ever being pedantic or obscure, is both faithful to the original Persian and to Rumi's teaching. I highly recommend it. This is only the first book of the Masnavi, though (the title is incomplete and misleading) and I am looking forward to the translations of the next five books. A brilliant and moving piece of work.

I have been reading the Masnavi of Rumi in Farsi and since my Farsi sis not that fluent, I purchased this book to follow along in the English. It is one of the best translation I have read so far. Of course, nothing beats the original in Farsi!!

Great introduction - clear meanings from readings - interesting poetic structure and rhyme - comfortable/convenient size to carry with you when you travel especially.

This is excellent -- musical and literal, wonderful translation.

Great for my class on Rumi!

I appreciated the blank verse translation. However, the formatting in the Kindle version is so irregular that it made the book unreadable. This is an old ebook that does not have "enhanced typesetting", which means the text is set justified—which does not work well for poetry.

I thought it was a collection of his poems but they look so complicated to understand 🤐 will try my best...

Exquisite. So many layers of understanding i have yet to reach, and I look forward to visiting these pages of love and wisdom again! I really felt the spirit of Rumi in this offering, the most accessible version I have ever come across without feeling it has moved away from the original. I really hope there is a Book II soon.

Amazon asked that I rate this book like it were some trivial novel. The book contains what is probably some of the deepest spiritual thought ever committed to paper, and yet works beautifully as nothing more than poetry. If only one lifetime were enough to come to a point where you could say you trully understood, you trully got just one verse, you would be blessed.

This one of the best investment I made, the verses are written with such depth that leaves you reflecting. Exceptionally translation and a true art Rumi's verses.