New rubais for the New Year
How to Identify a First Edition Book
First Edition Books are sought after items for any collector, but how do you identify a first edition book?
What is an Edition?
- an edition represents all printings of the book with one typeset and with no significant alterations between those printings.
What is a Printing?
- this is a single batch Printing of an edition. For example…
…if the publisher’s first print run of a book is 50,000 copies then that’s the 1st… Continue reading
Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr | sfumevlana.org
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“Mevlana is a Prophet!” Article/Interview with Nevit Ergin
http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/top104,146@2100.html
We are working on translating the article, Aktüel… Continue reading
Poetry of Rumi a Unifying Force of Civilizations by America.gov - Telling America’s Story
From America.gov, an interview with Nevit Ergin.
Listen to a Lecture By Dr. Ergin on Sufism and Mevlana
This lecture was given by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin at the International Association of Sufism Symposium on “Sufism and Self Discovery”.
Entitled: Way of Itlak and Sufism
Dr. Ergin, originally a citizen of Turkey, has traveled extensively in Central Asia, and the near and far east. He currently lives in California, working with the Society for Understanding Mevlana. He is the translator of numerous books on the writings of… Continue reading
Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set Available Now
The complete Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set (English translation), translated by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin, is now available, here, through the Society for Understanding Mevlana, and Echo Publications.
Captured in finely published books of… Continue reading
Creation and Perception
The following is an essay by Nevit Ergin:
“The soul is just a fish,
Wishes and desires are God’s fishing line.
What a wonderful thing this desire is.
A fisherman that sacrifices souls
The ant doesn’t have wings, but wishes to fly
And pierce the wall of Love’s palace.
Don’t call
You keep looking
You keep looking in a mirror in front of you,
Because there is no one like you
Except the image in the mirror
Where can I reach you,
Besides your image?
There is strength in the heart,
Soul and eye to see,
But where are you?
What is this anger? (V.7 P.405 G.155)
V.7 P.405 G.155
What is this anger?
You left me no food, and took my sleep away.
You turned your face from me,
Then directed me to the Mihrab[1].
You changed the taste in my mouth,
