How long does it take to read Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī?
Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī), John Moyne, Coleman Barks
Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī by Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī), John Moyne, Coleman Barks takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 191 pages, about 52,525 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In some languages of the Middle East the word for "rain" and the work for "grace" are the same. These quatrains are evidence of the invisible grace falling on our earth, a grace received by the mature spirit of master poet Jelaluddin Rumi.
Subjects: Persian Sufi poetry, Persian poetry, Persian Quatrains, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Railroads, Freight
