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Which website offers the most accurate translation of Rumi's poem, Like This?
(in terms of wording, punctuation, spacing, etc.) I've misplaced my book of his collected works.
Thanks in advance.
RM
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Off topic: Rumi is a familiar Japanese name.
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Try this page: http://www.rumi.org.uk/poetry/
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Or else, have a look at this one -by Nahid Angha:
Selections: Poems from Khayyam, Rumi, Hafez, Moulana Sham Maghsoud. San Rafael, Calif.: International Associaton of Sufism Publication, 1991.
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Thank you for the websites. Unfortunately, I can't find the "best" translation.... Recently, bonyfriend attempted to re-surface the Q&A game with a question about 'an experience in the dentist chair'-- this reminded me of a Persian dentist I visited a few years ago-- it seemed like a "visit" since he would always take the time to read a bit to me (in Persian, his word choice) from his ancient Rumi book, and do his best to translate. He wrote out the translation of Like This on a small piece of paper which is tucked away in the book that I can't find. @tootsie -- The pic of the Lakota Chief... yes, you're right. Merci! @almostfreebird -- I'm glad I posted the Rumi question... this information is so lovely... thank you. Rumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 留美, "detain, beauty" 瑠美, "lapis lazuli, beauty" 流美, "current/flow, beauty" 流水, "current/flow, water" The only Japanese (language) I'm familiar with is Haru ga Kita 文部省唱歌 春がきた I learned the song as child and still sing it to myself quite often-- はるが きた はるが きた どこに きた やまに きた さとに きた のにも きた はなが さく はなが さく どこに さく やまに さく さとに さく のにも さく とりが なく とりが なく どこで なく やまで なく さとで なく のでも なく http://youtu.be/JprOwkqq9-M
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I know Pee-wee Herman but didn't know The Wiggles,
and I'm kinda surprised they're singing the song that I listened to for the first time in years.
And I'm surprised that you know the song too.
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almostfreebird: I like the "Rumi" meanings-- the water, the lapis colour, etc. It reminds me of this: http://youtu.be/KpawDNL5rMU
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To Ruby, I hope you find your lost book. I hate it when I loose something I care about.I like the Rumi's translation of Like Thisfrom the site that JJ posted, but I don't understand the last stanza. In the previous stanzas it seems like the poem is about one person, but the last stanza uses the word "we".? It also seems to change from a man speaking about a woman to women speaking about a man? Perhaps it is not a "personal" poem addressed to a specific person, but just random examples of the feelings of love.?
I have never seen the cartoon (I believe it is called) Little Mermaid. Thank you for posting it.
Also thank you JJ for the link to Rumi's poetry.
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yes, 美 means beauty. 美 can be read both "bi" and "mi" depending on words. e.g. 美女(bijo) means beautiful woman: sleeping beayty 眠れる森の美女Beauty And the Beast 美女と野獣
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@almostfreebird: I think... http://youtu.be/gEmJ-VWPDM4
Marissa: best to listen to Like This... http://youtu.be/Lbxf-ZeijNI
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The uploader has not made this video available in my country. 
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Hey!
Do u mean Jalaleddine el Rumi, the great sufist-poet OR ibn el rumi, the great poet from the Abbasi Age?
Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity! -Friedrich Nietzsche.
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