Question

In one poem, this poet claimed that “I do not exist, / am not an entity in this world or in the next.” In another poem, this poet asks the “dissolver of sugar” to “dissolve [him], if this is the (15[1])time”. One translator rendered a line by this poet as “This being human is a guest house / Every morning a new arrival,” which that translator read aloud on a 2015 song. A poem by this author (15[1])describes the “crying sound” of an object lamenting “the pain of separation” after instructing the reader to “listen to the story of the (*) reed.” Translations by Coleman Barks have led this poet (10[2])of “Song of the Reed-Flute” to be described as the “best-selling poet in the United States,” despite Barks removing most of the Islamic references and not knowing Persian. For 10 points, the 50,000-line Masvani, or Spiritual Couplets, is by what Sufi poet? ■END■

ANSWER: Rumi [or Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī or Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī; accept Mevlânâ or Mawlānā or Mevlevî or Mawlawī] (Barks read Rumi’s “The Guest House” on Coldplay’s song “Kaleidoscope.”)
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan AshbrookJeff Weiner Fan ClubWeird Klaus Barbie3915
Rob CarsonBHSUPalestrina Sawayama7715
Conor ThompsondoubleplusnegfiveOur Job is Buzz10910
Conor ThompsondoubleplusnegfiveOur Job is Buzz10910

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y4100%50%0%83.50