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Born Jaial ad-Din Mohammad

Balkhi in Persia early in the thir-

teenth century. the poet known as

Rumi (named after the ciry where

he lived) composed works of mysti-

cism and desire that inspired count-

less people ih his own time -and

throughout the centuries. His poems

expressed the deepest longings of

the human'heart for i ts beloved, for

that transcendent int imacy which is

the source of the divine.

This slender. beauti ful volume

considts ofnew translatio,ns by Farsi

scholar Fereydoun Kia, edited by

Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich

mood and nrusic of Rumi's love

poems. Exalted yearning, ravishing

ecstasy, and consuming desire emerge

from these poelns as powerfully

today as they did on rheir creation

more than 70U years.ago,

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H C O N T E N T S H

Acknowle ilgm ent s- D eep ak C hop raAcknowle dgffi ents- F ercy d o un Ki aIntroduction

The Agony and Ecstasy of DivineDiscontent: The Moods of Rumi

The Agony of Lovers

The Alchemy of Love

Aroused Passion

The Awakening

Behind the Scenes

My Beloved

Bittersweet

My Burning Heart

Caught in the Fire of Love

Come to Me

Defeated by Love

Desire

Do You Love Me?

Dying to Love

The Hunt

I Am and I Am Not

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I Am Yours

Intoxicated by Love

Looking for Love

Looking for Your Face

Lost in the Wilderness

The Lover's Passion

The Meaning of Love

The Mythical Lover

Precious Love

Surrender

The Privileged Lovers

Excerpts fuom Birdsong:"Love is the waY messengers""A lightwind coming downhill""People want you to be haPPY""In your light I learn how to love"

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The Agonl and Flcstas.f ofD io ine D isconten t :

The Moods of Rumi

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In th. orchard and rose garden

I long to see your face.

In the taste of Sweetness

I long to kiss your lips.

In the shadows of passion

I long for your love.

Oh! S.rpr"me Lover!

Let me leave aside my worries.

The flowers are blooming

with the exultation of your Spirit.

By Allah!

I long to escape the prison of mY ego

and lose mYself

in the mountains and the desert'

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These sed and lonely people tire me'

I long to revel'in the dtunken frenzy of your love

and feel the strength of Rustam in my hands'

I'm sick- of mortal kings'

I long.to see Your light.

With lamPs in hand

the sheikhs and mullahs roam

the dark alleYs of these towns

not finding what theY seek.

Yoo "r. the Essence of the Essence,

The intoxication of Love.

I long to sing Your Praises

but stand mute

with the agony of wishing in my heart'

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The Agonrf of l ,ooers

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Th. "gor,y of lovers

burns wirh the fire of passion.Lovers leave traces of where they,ve been.

The wailing of broken hearrs

is the doorway to God.

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You bewilder us

with your grace.

All evils

transform into

goodness.

Yor, "r" rhe master alchemist.

You hght the fire of love

in earth and sky

in heart and soul

of every being.

Through your loving

existence and nonexistence merge.

All opposites unire.

All that is profane

becomes sacred again.