Rumi's Birds of Wonder: The Great Sufi's Life and Poetry (Selections from the Dīvān-E Shams)

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, most often called simply Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. His influence transcends religion and nationality. Rumi has been described as the world's most popular poet.

Translator Iraj Anvar is an actor, singer, director, translator, and educator. After completing a degree in Rome, he returned to his native Tehran and cofounded the Tehran Theater Workshop where he directed and performed, and translated plays and film into Persian. A few months before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he moved to New York City, where he received his PhD in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU and taught Persian language and literature. In New York he continues to translate and sing Rumi, Hafiz, and other classical poets in Persian. His published work also includes the ghazals of Hafiz in The Green Sea of Heaven (Monkfish, 2024).