Project Gutenberg 2018-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 255 Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana 1207 1273 Rumi Rumi, Jalal al-Din Hastie, W. (William) 1842 1903 Hastie, William The Festival of Spring, from the Díván of Jeláleddín Rendered in English Gazels after Rückert's Versions, with an Introduction and a Criticism of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Produced by Turgut Dincer, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Festival of Spring, from the Díván of Jeláleddín" by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi is a collection of mystical poetry written in the 13th century. This work presents a selection of gazels, which are Persian lyrical poems characterized by their interplay of love, spirituality, and nature. The poetry reflects profound themes of divine connection, the cyclical nature of life, and the pursuit of unity with the divine. At the start of the book, the introduction offers a homage to Rumi's status as a preeminent mystical poet. It highlights how his poetry interweaves beauty, spirituality, and deep philosophical insights, calling attention to the vibrancy of creation and the quest for divine love. The opening gazels delve into themes of light versus darkness, the essence of life and death, and the enchanting beauty of spring, all encapsulated in rich imagery and rhythm. These poems invite readers to awaken their hearts and embrace the transformative power of love and faith, setting the tone for a deeply reflective and inspiring poetic journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat Sufi poetry, Persian PK Text Category: Poetry 211547 2025-06-22T16:10:50.917901 text/html 210043 2018-04-28T20:41:52 text/html 179427 2025-06-22T16:10:56.377860 application/epub+zip 179808 2025-06-22T16:10:52.156844 application/epub+zip 135109 2025-06-22T16:10:51.454821 application/epub+zip 253537 2025-06-22T16:10:59.438813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234324 2025-06-22T16:10:55.857840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193399 2022-08-25T16:23:04.275737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 152702 2025-06-22T16:10:50.279890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152878 2018-04-28T20:41:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20011 2025-06-22T16:10:59.590792 application/rdf+xml 7159 2025-06-22T16:10:51.693877 image/jpeg 1525 2025-06-22T16:10:51.507844 image/jpeg 60901 2018-04-28T20:41:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 164434 2018-04-28T20:41:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 164595 2025-06-22T16:10:50.957842 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia