The Masnavi of Rumi · complete
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Read the Masnavi of Rumi. Find its meaning in your own tongue.
For centuries, to enter the world of the Masnavi required a master. Now, a guide is here for all, to help you read and understand this great work in your own language, with answers drawn faithfully from the text itself.
سرآغاز · The opening
Listen to this reed, how it complains — it is telling the tale of separations.
M1:1 · Daftar I · beyt 1
Four doors in
Read
The six books of the Masnavi, verse by verse. The Persian text is set beside its translation, offering a space for a close and unhurried reading.
پرسشAsk
A conversation with the book itself. This silent companion holds the entire poem in its heart, finds the verses that answer your question, and quotes them with a precise citation.
جستوجوSearch
Find a verse by its words — or only by the meaning you carry, in any language. Every result cited.
به زبانِ توYour language
Open any verse: translation, meaning, glossary — and Abdolkarim Soroush's lecture commentary — in your language.
The six books
To share a heart is better than to share a tongue.
For the understanding that lives just beyond the edge of words.
M1:1213 · Daftar I
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