The Essential Rumi

He was such an icon of, of roomie translations into accessible English, South Carolina.

And, and yes, he, um, The Essential Rumi, many, many books of his translations of Rumi are known and loved.

And there are a lot of good new translators, including some Persian women, one in particular, Hale.

Let's see.

This is a poem.

It's in the chapter in Coleman Bark's anthology of Rumi, The Essential Rumi.

And this chapter is called Union.

And the first poem in it is called Gnats, G-N-A-T-S, Gnats Inside the Wind.