Fire (Poetry by Rumi) Volume 2 [Persian / English dual language] (English and Farsi Edition)

Between 2006 and 2011, Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami - author of A Wolf on Watch, With the Wind and Wind and Leaf, three books of original verse - released his selections from and adaptations of four masters of Persian poetry: Nima (1895-1960), Hafez, Saadi and Rumi (all from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). This material is presented to English-speaking readers for the first time, in eight volumes: Nima's Water, Hafez's Wine, Saadi's Tears and Rumi's Fire. In 2015, Kiarostami published two further books, the thematic anthology Night, his selections from a variety of classical and contemporary poets. In the Shadow of Trees brings together English translations of all these books.

Rumi, who wrote in the thirteenth century, was a Persian poet, scholarand mystic whose teachings continue to have a profound influence aroundthe world.

Abbas Kiarostami was one of Iran's leading filmmakers who also published several books of photographs and poetry.