Persian Poetics

Books: Rumi's Diwan-i Shams & Translations

Course • 4 lessons

The best translations of Rumi's odes (ghazals)

Books: Rumi's Other Works & Translations

Course • 7 lessons

Rumi Reading Circle: The Masnawi

Course • 124 lessons

Read Rumi every Sunday at 10:30 AM EST.

Dars-i Hafiz - Persian

Course • 12 lessons

Ḥāfiẓ is widely considered the greatest Persian poet. His poetry is ever-present in the hearts and minds of Persianate peoples and it would not be hyperbole to count his work a pillar of modern Iranian identity and culture.

Saʿdī’s Bustan - Persian

Course • 16 lessons

Considered one of the greatest books of all time, Saʿdī Shīrāzī’s ‘Būstān’ (Orchard) is a compilation of worldly wisdom and Saʿdī’s life experiences. Completed in 1257, the work is four thousand couplets of poetry divided into ten chapters.

Pearls of the Masnavi - English

Course • 21 lessons

Called ‘The Qur'ān in Persian’ by Sufis, the Masnavi is Rumi’s magnum opus. It is among the most important works in the Muslim world, once read from the Balkans to the Bengal.