The GlanceIn 1244, the brilliant poet Rumi and the wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz met and immediately fell into a deep spiritual connection. The Glance taps a major, yet little explored theme in Rumi's poetry the mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes of the lover and the beloved, parent and child, friend and soul mate. Coleman Barks's new translations of these powerful and complex poems capture Rumi's range from the ethereal to the

The Sufi mystic and poet Jalaluddin Rumi is most beloved for his poems expressing the ecstasies and mysteries of love in all its forms—erotic

ISBN-13: 978-1576876190

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including expert introductions by leading authorities

yet little explored theme in Rumi's poetry-the mystical experience that occurs in the meeting of the eyes of the lover and the beloved

the etiquette that students have with their teachers (and that teachers must have with their students)

Publisher: Kazi Publications

But the one who has polished his heart is made luminous by God's light

one of the subcontinent's greatest spiritual leaders and an author of unequalled prolificacy