About the Book: Rubais Of Rumi
The first English translation of the rubais of Rumi
• Presents 233 of the most evocative of Rumis 1,700 rubais
• Shows that the mystical embrace is the way to directly experience the Divine
Rumi is well known for the over 44,000 verses that appear in a 23-volume
collection called the Divan-i Kebir. Yet Rumi also composed 1,700 rubais, short
aphorisms and observations, whose depth and message belie their brevity.
The form of rubais first became well known through the 11th-century collection
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. But unlike Khayyam, who like most