Molana Jalal Eldin Mohammad Balkhi Rumi is undoubtedly the most famous Iranian poet across the globe. His full name is Jalal Eldin Mohammad, known in the West as Rumi. Rumi's poems have been translated into many languages. The majority of the translations are not from the original Farsi text, and with few exceptions, are done without the prerequisite knowledge of Persian language, culture, and history. The formative beauty and musicality of Rumi's poems, as well as the depth of meaning and the mystical concepts therein, are lost in translation. In this book Shahin Motallebi has made selected...