The gentle approach to ancient Persian poetry and language requires courage, skill, and knowledge. With his translations, Dr. Ali Ghazanfari brings both Germans and Iranians closer to a mystical yet contemporary poetry, whose core ideas revolve around love, healing, and the prevention of suffering caused by human actions and the destruction wrought by humanity. Rumi leads us in a virtuoso dance of thoughts, with profound metaphors and artfully woven stream-of-consciousness poetry. Whether romantic verses, classical strophic poems, or condensed expressions that reveal the human psyche – in the end, essential concepts like love, hope, faith, and courage provoke reflection and leave us with enlightening ideas. Through Rumi's pen, the erotic essence of language visibly merges with religious content.