Rumi: Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart
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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Rumi: Bridge to the Soul Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart By Coleman Barks HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright ©2007 Coleman BarksAll right reserved. ISBN: 9780061338168 Chapter One A Bowl Fallen From the Roof You that give new life to this planet,you that transcend logic, come. I am onlyan arrow. Fill your bow with me and let fly. Because of this love for youmy bowl has fallen from the roof.Put down a ladder and collect the pieces, please. People ask, But which roof is your roof?I answer, Wherever the soul came fromand wherever it goes at night, my roofis in that direction. From wherever spring arrives to heal the ground,from wherever searching rises in a human being. The looking itself is a traceof what we are looking for. But we have been more like the manwho sits on his donkeyand asks the donkey where to go. Be quiet now and wait.It may be that the ocean one,the one we desire so to move into and become,desires us out here on land a little longer,going our sundry roads to the shore. Continues... Excerpted from Rumi: Bridge to the Soul by Coleman Barks Copyright ©2007 by Coleman Barks. Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. 2007 is the "Year of Rumi," and who better than Coleman Barks, Rumi's unlikely, supremely passionate ambassador, to mark the milestone of this great poet's 800th birthday? Barks, who was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in Persian language and literature by the University of Tehran for his thirty years of translating Rumi, has collected and translated ninety new poems, most of them never published before in any form. The result is this beautiful edition titled Rumi: Bridge to the Soul . 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. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Coleman Barks is a renowned poet and the bestselling author of The Essential Rumi , Rumi: The Big Red Book , The Soul of Rumi , Rumi: The Book of Love , and The Drowned Book . He was prominently featured in both of Bill Moyers' PBS television series on poetry, The Language of Life and Fooling with Words . He taught English and poetry at the University of Georgia for thirty years, and he now focuses on writing, readings, and performances. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Read more
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- Originally released in 2007, "Year of Rumi," to coincide with the poet's 800th birthday, by the pre-eminent Rumi poet Coleman Barks.
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- Rumi: Bridge to the Soul
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- 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.
