Love Is a Stranger: Selected Lyric Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (translated by Kabir Helminski)

Love Is a Stranger presents selected lyric poetry by Rumi in English translations by Kabir Helminski. The poems explore spiritual love through longing, separation, joy and the desire for union.

Published by Shambhala, the collection offers a concise encounter with Rumi’s mystical verse. It is a poetry selection rather than a relationship-advice manual or a complete collection of his writings.