Books published under Rumi usually present translations or adaptations of poetry by the thirteenth-century Persian poet Jalal al-Din Rumi. His major works include the Masnavi, a vast sequence of stories, teachings and spiritual reflections, and the Divan of Shams of Tabriz, a collection of lyric poems closely connected with his relationship to Shams. English selections often concentrate on love, longing, loss of ego and union with the divine, but the wording can differ dramatically between scholarly translations and freer poetic versions. Rumi’s poetry is ecstatic, metaphor-rich and rooted in Sufi Islamic thought rather than generic inspirational verse. The most useful neighbouring categories are Persian poetry, Sufism, mystical literature and spiritual classics; readers choosing an edition may find translator and source text as important as the title on the cover. Read more Less
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