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Farrukh dhondy is an indianborn british writer, playwright, screenwriter and leftwing activist of parsi descent who resides in the united kingdom. I confess that i am neither a sufi nor a poet and while working at these transliterations of rumi, have used the texts of nicholson and arberry, the assistance and translating skills of friends who read persian, and occasionally, the urdu translations of rumi by several scholars and commentators. Transcendent yet simple, rumi s wordsin this exquisite translation by farrukh dhondy forever remain the anchor of the human condition. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Rumi s poems bring together the divine and the human, the mystical and the corporeal to create a vivid kaleidoscope of poetic images. Farrukh dhondy uses the patternings of premodernist english to reflect rumi s antiquity and traditional poetics, as well as his lively and often humorous take on life. Farrukh dhondys words dives into world of discovery simply entitled words harpercollins 2015, the slim compendium of the currency of language and their origins is a veritable. In this new translation, farrukh dhondy seeks to recover both the lyrical. Rumi ebook by rumi, farrukh dhondy official publisher.
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