Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had anything to do with

Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by croissants on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:23AM (#26055198)

It seems to make people happy to attribute pithy, compassionate, vaguely new-agey sentiments to prestigious writers. Another example that comes to mind is the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, whose works have been...reimagined in the last few decades [1] into little things you can superimpose on a photo of a beach sunset.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Barks

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Re:Things JRR Tolkien has never said, done, written or had a... by prox on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:35AM (#26056082)

Coleman Barks at least has a sense of rhyme, but when it comes to the original Rumi, it is indeed very different. It’s hard to find good (accurate) Rumi translations,

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