Great Regulars: Coleman Barks, poet and translator: "All day

I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea."

Jim Lehrer: The poet Coleman Barks has been translating Rumi for more than 36 years. In a 1994 PBS documentary, he read to music by the Paul Winter Consort.

Coleman Barks: "The day is coming" . . .

from Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Poetry of Rumi Spans Across Centuries, Cultures

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