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Water by Jalal Ad-Din Muhammad Rumi -Haleh Liza Gafori
Fri 08 May
|Zoom Webinar
Water, a collection of 54 poems by Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori, draws on the deep well of Rumi’s masterful poetry, transmitting with fluid grace the wisdom, wit, and passion that infuse his work.
Time & Location
08 May 2026, 17:00 – 18:00
Zoom Webinar
About the event
**This event is an online Zoom webinar. You will need the following registration link in order to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_02VKC5zzTs6fxDD-WdMwPw
Water expands on Gold, Gafori’s inspired and widely praised first volume of
translations. As she writes in her introduction to the collection, “Gold highlights Rumi’s
rhapsodic, ecstatic side. Water, by contrast, is Gold’s moody cousin.” Whether Rumi confesses,
critiques, praises, nudges, or commands, his startling voice and leaps of imagery dazzle, and his
summons, to surrender to the transformative power of Love, rings with urgency, especially in