The Way Of The Heart With Rumi

The problem with translations is that one never knows how much of what one is reading is the translator’s voice, and how much is the original artist’s voice. Banks is credited with “popularising” Rumi’s works in America. That’s the essence of the difficulty I had with this translation. To “translate......more

The man wrote 800 years ago in a radically different language and culture, and every word comes through.......more

On my end table forever. To be read every day. Rumi. Everyone needs to read the whole collection of Rumi books.......more

A lot of people have mistakenly considered this to be a book about romantic love, about love between two people. I guess this is why Rumi is the word of God for fanatic lovers and is quoted so extensively. (I was guilty of this too, at one point!) The book is actually about something else altogether,......more

Really 2.5 stars... I give 3 for Rumi's poetry but deduct points for the translator, who puts far too much of himself in this book. He even includes a phone number to give you a free CD of his. Um, okay? I came here to read enlightening poetry, not to be shelled your products. Ugh.......more