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For those who love the poetry and stories of Jalal al-Din Rumi, the 13th century Sufi Mystic. Daily posts present a variety of translators and translations. Many English speaking people are coming to an appreciation of Rumi's poetry through the translations of Coleman Barks and Camille and Kabir Helminski. Examples of those popular works are offered on Sunlight, along with the lesser known translations of Nader Khalili, Jonathan Star, Annemarie Schimmel, William Chittick and Ibrahim Gamard.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Patience

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Patience shown to the unworthy
is the means of polishing the worthy:
wherever a heart exists, patience purifies it.

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Sabr bâ nâ ahl ahlân-râ jalâst
sabr sâfi mi konad har kojâ delist

-- Mathnawi VI: 2041
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
"Rumi: Daylight"
Threshold Books, 1994
Persian transliteration courtesy of Yahyá Monastra

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