Dr. Naini’s own translations from Rumi’s most accurate original Farsi texts offer the readers a few sips
of Rumi’s incredible potion of love, visions, knowledge, and insight.
Dr. Naini's book is being used
as a text and reference at several
major universities and organizations
throughout the world, including
Hawaii Pacific University, Toki
University in Honolulu, Kent State
University in Ohio, Rutgers University,
University of Esfahan, College of
Literature and Rumiyoga Center.
This is the first book which looks at
Rumi’s poetry from the perspective
of science and technology.
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Rumi, Dancing the Flame |
unknown existence
undiscovered beauty
that's how you are
so far
but
one dawn
just like a sun
right from within
you will arise
Rumi had a strong influence on Nader Khalili all his life starting with the poems his grandmother would whisper in his ear to help him sleep as a young child. As he describes his connection to Rumi he says, "As an architect fired by a quest, spending twenty-five years in the deserts of Iran and California, I have come to know five personalities very closely: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Rumi. I have been blessed by making my life's work following this narrow stream springing from this ocean that is Rumi."
"There is a tremendous joie de vivre in these robust, passionate and pithy short poems. They deal with life in all its senses, expressing universal feelings about life and love at a time when we are so disengaged from fundamental emotions"
—Frances Anderton, contributor, New York Times/ Los Angeles Times
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Rumi, Fountain of Fire |
you are forever
my shining sun and
i am like this poem
restless with hopes and fears
Rumi's message transcends the limitation of language and the boundaries of time. Human beings were born for unlimited freedom and infinite bliss, and their birthright is within their grasp. But in order to reach it, they must surrender to love. What makes Rumi's expression of this message different from other expressions is his extraordinary directness and uncanny ability to employ images drawn from everyday life.
Nader Khalili has been able to bring out the fact that Rumi's message has practical and concrete relevance to our everyday world. Beauty, Rumi knows, is a profound need of the human soul, because God is beautiful and the source of all beauty, as God is the soul's only real need. Nader has been performing a major human service by bringing beauty into architectural forms. In this volume he illustrates his versatility by bringing it into linguistic forms as well.
—Professor William C. Chittick, State University of New York, Stony Brook