[ENCORE EPISODE] Coleman Barks: Rumi, Grace, and Human Friendship

An encore presentation in honor of Coleman Barks, who passed away on February 23, 2026. Tami Simon speaks with Coleman, a leading scholar and translator of the 13th-century Persian mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi. Coleman’s work was the subject of an hour-long segment in Bill Moyers’ Language of Life series with PBS. He has published numerous Rumi translations, including with Sounds True the audio programs I Want Burning, Rumi: The Voice of Longing , and his new three-CD collaboration with cellist David Darling called Just Being Here: Rumi and Human Friendship . In this episode, Tami speaks with Coleman about the extraordinary friendship between Rumi and his teacher, Shams Tabriz, and how translating Rumi requires entering a trance state. Coleman offers insights on grace as he and Tami listen to selections from Just Being Here . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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[ENCORE EPISODE] Coleman Barks: Rumi, Grace, and Human Friendship is an episode from Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon.

This episode is 01:02:11 long.

This episode was published on Mar 5, 2026.

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