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Title: Rumi's Divan of Shems of Tabriz: Selected Odes (Element Classics of World Spirituality) by James Cowan, Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi, James Dickie, Reynold A. Nicholson ISBN: 1-85230-919-9 Publisher: Harper Collins - UK Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A very moving book, highly recommended
Comment: Long ago, when I was in Iran, my best friend told me the story of "Molavi and Shams-e Tabrizi." "Molavi" is the normal way to refer to the poet we call "Rumi."

In essence, he told me that Rumi encountered Shams-e Tabrizi at a class Rumi was teaching, and fell instantly in love with him. This mutual love was so strong that the two friends began to spend all their time together, to such a point that Rumi's students complained, and Shams was forced to leave town.

At that point, Rumi began writing this book: "The Divan of Shams-e-Tabrizi." He didn't even put his own name on it, he felt so strongly as one with his friend.

I now discover, some twenty years later, that the entire story is true, and quite well-known! The only part my friend left out is that he rather permitted me to imagine Shams as a young man of outstanding beauty. In fact, Shams was a 60-year-old man of outstanding wisdom (and perhaps beauty as well). Rumi was in his early thirties.

A meeting which changed both lives forever. Before meeting Shams, Rumi never wrote a word of poetry, and apparently never considered doing such a thing.

This small book is a classic which I will be sure to keep at my side forever, and to give to friends as well.

Rating: 5
Summary: The best Rumi collection!
Comment: I love the poetry of Rumi. This book, to me, is the absolute best collection of them all! The introduction, by James Cowan, includes the best essay I have ever read on Rumi's experience with Shems, and really speaks to the greater subject of human friendship itself. I swear! Read the first 30 pages and you will be sold on this book by the introduction alone! This book is a nicely bound hardback, and is one of my favorite gifts to give to close friends and those who enjoy Rumi's work. You do not have to believe in mysticism or belong to any religious creed to enjoy the simple beauty of Rumi's work.