The Mathnawí of Jalálu'ddín Rúmí, Vol. II
R.A. Nicholson (translator)
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R. A. Nicholson, Cambridge's leading scholar of Persian mysticism, translated Rumi's Mathnawi, and this is the second volume of his version. Nicholson spent decades on the poem, editing the Persian text and rendering it with full notes. His is the scholarly English Mathnawi.
The second book of Rumi's six continues the tales within tales: merchants, saints, fools, and lovers enact the soul's schooling in divine love. Nicholson's notes untangle allusions that baffle the unaided reader. The Mathnawi has been called the Quran in Persian; in Nicholson's hands, volume two unfolds that claim further, in full and with the apparatus a great poem deserves.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | R.A. Nicholson (translator) |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 987 KB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Tower of Babel archive |