Rumi has never been more popular among American readers. Here is a pocket-sized collection of his inspiring poetry. The Pocket Rumi contains selections from four previously published books, as well as translations of Rumis short lyric poems. The cry of the soul in love with God has never been more eloquently expressed than by the great Persian Sufi master Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273). Readers have thrilled to his ecstatic songs of divine union for more than eight hundred years. Now, here is a collection of the best of Rumis poetry in an edition small enough to carry with you wherever you go.