Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry

Jelaluddin Rumi mystic and poet lived more than 700 years ago yet his work remains fresh and compelling to this day. Here in words that have stood the test of time are his best lyrical poems on the theme of spiritual love. This is a quintessential collection of some of Rumi's most inspired pieces. Kabir Helminski is a poet Rumi scholar and Sufi Sheik. His translations are poetically satisfying as well as remarkably faithful to the original.