The Love Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader Khalili: Volume 2

About Rumi

Jalal ad-Din Rumi commonly known just as Rumi was a Persian Sunni Muslim poet Islamic scholar theologian and Sufi mystic whose works written in the thirteenth century are popular throughout the world today.Translator Nader Khalili (1936­­2008) was a world-renowned Iranian-American architect author humanitarian and teacher. Khalili was also the founder and director of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (Cal-Earth). Khalili was raised by the poetry of Rumi. As a child his grandmother would recite Rumis poetry to lull him to sleep. He later developed a passion for studying and translating Rumis works. Rumis poetry also became an intrinsic part of Khalilis architectural career. Inspired by the mystical poetry of Rumi his architecture was distilled from the timeless principles of this universe and its timeless materialsthe elements of earth air water and fire.