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Mesnevi (German) - Rumi
Jalal al-Din Rumi / Rosen (trans.)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
While Jalal al-Din Rumi's 'Mesnevi' (Masnavi) has been translated into English many times directly from the original Persian (notably by Redhouse in 1881 and Nicholson in 1925-1940), Friedrich Rosen's specific 1913 German translation has never been translated into English. Following the provided guidelines that the specific source text (in this case, the German rendering) matters, no English translation of this version exists.
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Unlock the 'alchemy of religion' with Rumi’s Mesnevi, a timeless masterpiece that transforms the lead of the human ego into the gold of spiritual liberation. Through a haunting tapestry of parables and metaphysical insights, readers will discover why the internal 'I' is the ultimate idol and how the soul can find its way back to the Divine.
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