The Love Poems of Rumi

Name: The Love Poems of Rumi
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Nader Khalili
ISBN: 9781666673883

Author: Nader Khalili

Narrator: Neil Shah

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 07/08/2024

Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Middle Eastern Poetry

Synopsis

Indulge in Rumi's passion with this collection of 13th century love poetry. Become lost in the words of The Love Poems of Rumi. Included in this audiobook is a collection of Jalal al-Din Rumi's passionate love poems, translated by Nader Khalili. Beautifully read by Neil Shah, you'll become spiritually inspired by the words in this audiobook. Perfect for lovers, dreamers, and poets, the poems from this 13th century theologist will leave you wistfully peaceful. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2015 Cal-Earth Inc. (P)

About Neil Shah

Neil Shah is an Audie Award-nominated narrator and voiceover artist who has recorded numerous audiobooks, including I Am an Executioner by Rajesh Parameswaran, The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais, and Stringer: A Reporter's Journey In the Congo by Anjan Sundaram. He is a classically trained actor with an MFA from the Old Globe/University of San Diego program and has appeared on off-Broadway and regional stages, as well as in film and television. Neil currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 21, 2017

I think Rumi's poetry is unsurpassed in its mysticism and beauty. "In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems." "You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you," "but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." pg 62 When my husband and I were first dating, we lived in dif......more

Goodreads review by luna_inthesouth on January 13, 2024

From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face but today I have seen it Today I have seen the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable grace of the face that I was looking for Today I have found you and those who laughed and scorned me yesterday are sorry that they were not looking as I did I am bewi......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on September 15, 2009

Both light and shadow are the dance of Love. Love has no cause; it is the astrolabe of God’s secrets. Lover and Loving are inseparable and timeless. Although I may try to describe Love when I experience it I am speechless. Although I may try to write about Love I am rendered helpless; my pen breaks and the p......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 07, 2024

One of my favorite poets - love to read different translations of his work - nice introduction to this illuminated master. There is an intimacy to Rumi that I have found in very few poets; an intimacy that is born of suffering and desire, and the understanding that this suffering is both a blessing......more

Goodreads review by Lisa *-* GiViNg It To YoU on June 28, 2015

***3.5 StArS*** **I*N*S*P*I*R*I*N*G** & **J.U.S.T.***A***L*I*T*T*L*E***B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L**......more