Reviews for Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home

The average rating for Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Home based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-28 00:00:00 Francis Wozniak There are those who believe a poetry can't be translated. To be fully appreciated, a poem must be read in its original language. I don't know whether or not I agree, but I can think of a number of examples that support this position. Perhaps the most prominent example is the poetry of Rumi.� Out beyond ideas� of wrongdoing and rightdoing,� there is a field.� I'll meet you there. This is perhaps the most popular poem attributed to Rumi. And yet it wasn't written by Rumi. It was written by�Coleman Barks, a so-called "translator" who can't even speak Persian. Above is a version of a Rumi poem secularized by Barks for a Western audience. Below is a literal translation of Rumi's original poem.� Beyond kufr and Islam�there is a desert plain,� in that middle space�our passions reign.� When the gnostic arrives there�he'll prostrate himself,� not kufr, not Islam, nor is thereany space in that domain. The poems of Rumi are sacred, and the "translations" of Coleman Barks are profane. I urge everyone to seek out better translations, and to read more about this faux-translations here:�Persian Poetics

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-01 00:00:00 Eric Carroll Gibran is a universal writer. A great mystic and a brilliant humanitarian. Known for his profundity and lucidity of his thought and expression. And those traits can clearly been seen in this small book. The Anthem Of Humanity. The Voice of The Poet. Beauty. Have Mercy, My Soul. The Visit Of Wisdom. Song of the Flower. Vision. My Soul Gave me good counsel. Perfection. The Beauty of Death. The Letters of Fire. The Realm Of Happiness. Above are just the few scribes written by this great poet that define why he is the third most translated poet in the world. I think western people should thank him a great deal for bringing so much spirituality to a rather materialistic society that they live in.