The Masnavi, Book One (Oxford World's Classics)

I recommend this publication. Very deep knowledge. Peaceful reading, I am reading the kindle version. Slow chapters/poetry. I probably will read it more than once.

Just what I need to read now over the winter, thank you

From the 1960s I have heard people practically swooning over Rumi. "Have you read Rumi ? You should read Rumi ! Yeah man, he's something else! Far out!" etc.. Now Gladys was never one to follow the herd. A couple of months ago a friend offered for me to read her newly acquired copy of Maznavi. The next day,on the net, a Sheikh I can respect mentioned the first lines of Maznavi about the qalam (reed) (pen in classic Arabic) just after I had read these lines myself. OK. So now I am hooked!It's different. Quirky. Sometimes just quaint stories, sometimes funny, sometimes profound, always changing, most definitely food for thought, sometimes sad. I do take it in small doses partly because the translator's decision to keep to rhyming couplets means he has to jiggle the word order to fit and often I have to read it twice. This however is part of the fun and I'm extremely happy to be reading Rumi at last. The Qur'an it ain't, whatever they say, but there are far more echoes and tributes to it than are mentioned in the notes. I suggest buying book one, money well spent for both insights into the richness of Rumi's culture and personal enjoyment.

I am a huge Rumi fan. I have read many different interpretations, but this is the one which I will be pursuing as I pave my way through the volumes of the Masnavi!

A must read for Sufi lovers

I love this interpretation and all the footnotes. Will keep it and read and reread

Excellent read

A fantastic poetic translation. Inspired and accessible yet retaining the 'mystical' aura of the original:"Whoever hides his dream,Attains it sooner through the Lord Supreme"A light shines out of this book. I don't know how but it does. Buy it and see for yourself.

I'm fascinated with the wisdom and beauty contained in this book, knowledge that transcends time and space. Truth always overcome darkness and spreads no matter what. The translation on this publication is impeccable. What a different world would be if we study and read this kind of poetry at school, home, workplace.

Excellent sufi poems

Amazing read ! A must have book for anyone who wishes to dwell into the mystic world of Sufism !

I like Rumi. His way of writing provides our inward food for thought. The Islamic tradition are introduced in a new shape

boh, non l'ho letto..era per un mio amico XDpenso sia un bel libro...blablabla e e e e e e