Masnavi i Ma’navi
Translated by E. H. Whinfield
Trübner, London, 1887
First written c. 1258–1273
In the public domain
About this text
Whinfield’s abridged English translation of Rūmī’s Masnavī, the long poem of stories, parables and teaching in six books, beginning with the song of the reed. It gives a selection from each book, in prose, with notes.
How to cite
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Masnavi i Ma’navi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána Jalálu-’d-Dín Muhammad Rúmí (abridged). Translated by E. H. Whinfield. Trübner, London, 1887.
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