626: Sudden Wholeness

[exceptindreams]

“Sudden Wholeness”
Jalaluddin Rumi

A thousand half loves
must be forsaken to take
one whole heart home.

translated by Coleman Barks

Comments

[lastglances]

i just love rumi. we're studying sufism in my introduction to islam class right now and i'm looking forward to it if only to revisit some of his work.

[shoelaceswitch]

Perfect.

[umwgecko]

That's what I'm holding out for.

[neukpuppy]

SO TRUE. God.

[_stopsign]

i like this, but i've read that coleman barks doesn't actually know any persian, so (if true) i think it's pretty misleading for him to call himself a translator, instead of an interpreter or something along those lines. i do appreciate your sharing this and the variety in the poetry that you post though :)

[exceptindreams]

I've read that too, but I don't know what else to call him.