"Thirst drove me down to the water
where I drank the moon's reflection."
"Let the beauty we love be what we do."
"There is no courage in the idea of battle."
Quotes from The
Essential Rumi
Translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne
Me and Rumi : The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi by Annemarie
Schimmel
Rumi's World : The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet
by Annemarie Schimmel
Rumi: Gazing at the Beloved: The Radical Practice of Beholding the
Divine by Will Johnson
Rumi: Hidden Music by Maryam Mafi
The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi by William
C. Chittick
Aash-e
Aab Leemoo: a rich soup with rice, herbs, meat, sugar, and lime
juice
Maast-o-Khiar:
(cucumber dip)
Mirza
Ghasemi: made with fried eggplants, eggs, tomatoes, and garlic
Kabab
Hosseini: lamb or beef cooked on skewers with onions, tomatoes
and green peppers
Sohaan-e
Asali: with almonds, sugar, honey, saffron and pistachios
Morabaa-yeh
Aalbaloo: black cherry jam with vanilla essence
Adass Polo:
(lentil rice)
Halva: (sweet
paste)
