Rending the Veil Literal and Poetic Translations of Rumi

"THe poetry of Moulana Jalaluddin Rumi is without question some of the most refined mystical poetry ever created, and his work has been compared in stature to that of Shakespeare and Dante. THanks to Shahram Shiva's current transliteration, English-speaking lovers of Rumi's poetry will now have the opportunity to 'read' his verse aloud, observing the rhythm, the repetition, and the rhyme that Rumi himself used over 700 years ago. 'Rending the Veil' offers the reader a hand at the magical art of trnaslation, providing a unique word-by-word/literal translation from which to compose one's own variations.