| Description |
xvi, 333 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the life and work of Hafiz -- One/ Startled by God. Startled by God ; Let's eat ; A hunting party ; This sane idea ; We have not come to take prisoners ; I can see angels / You're it ; I rain -- Two/ I have learned so much. I have learned so much ; God just came near ; The sun never says ; The seed cracked open ; Why just ask the donkey ; Who wrote all the music ; Your mother and my mother ; Mismatched newlyweds ; Your seed pouch ; The magnificent storm -- Three/ Removing the shoe from the temple. Removing the shoe from the temple ; Against my own hand ; Out of this mess ; If God invited you to a party ; To build a swing ; A crystal rim ; This one is mine ; Curfews ; The ear that was sold to a fish ; An infant in your arms -- Four/ I hold the lion's paw. I hold the lion's paw ; If the falling of a hoof ; What the hell ; Someone untied your camel ; When I want to kiss God ; For a single tear ; Thhat shapes the eye ; So many gifts ; Love is the funeral pyre ; Allah, Allah, Allah -- Five/ Don't die again. Don't die again ; Like a life-giving sun ; The great work ; Effacement ; Some fill with each good rain ; The vintage man ; Everywhere ; Lifts beyond conception ; God's bucket ; Just looking for trouble -- Six/ The gift. The gift ; Laughing at the word two ; Life starts clapping ; The foundation for greatness ; Courteous to the ant ; His winter crop ; The scent of light ; No conflict ; Stop calling me a pregnant woman ; A strange feather -- Seven/ I am really just a tambourine. I am really just a tambourine ; The stairway of existence ; What do white birds say ; How do I listen? ; The earth braces itself ; The difference between ; The angels know you well ; Crooked deals ; The millstone's talents ; Let thought become your beautiful lover -- Eight/ Get the blame straight. Get the blame straight ; Rewards for clear thinking ; Please ; This constant yearning ; The sad game ; That regal coat ; Stop being so religious ; Friends do things like this ; It felt love ; Look! I am a whale ; Two bears ; The sky hunter ; Forgive the dream -- Nine/ The prettiest mule. The prettiest mule ; Today ; Wise men keep talking about ; Back into herself ; The mule got drunk and lost in Heaven ; Why abstain? ; The warrior ; Dividing God ; I saw two birds ; Muhammad's twin -- Ten/ Tiny gods. Tiny gods ; This union ; When you can endure ; This talking rag ; Who will feed my cat? ; Burglars hear watchdogs ; A still cup ; That lamp that needs no iol ; Too wonderful -- Eleven/ elephant wondering. Elephant wondering ; An old musician ; The fish and I will chat ; The heart is right ; Out of God's hat ; The clay bowl's destiny ; I hope you won't sue this old man ; Faithful lover ; Now is the time -- Twelve/ Counting moles ; Counting moles ; Hafiz ; The body a tree ; A great need ; There could be holy fallout ; Trying to wear pants ; This sky ; It is unanimous ; Two puddles chatting ; His ballet company -- Thirteen/ Reverence. Reverence ; That tree we planted ; I vote for you for God ; A one-story house ; The great religions ; What happens to the guest ; I wnat both og us ; Like passionate lips ; Cucumbers and prayers -- Fourteen/ A cushion for your head. A cushion for your head ; These beautiful love games ; The bag lady ; The ambience of love ; Tired of speaking sweetly ; A root in each act and creature ; Our hearts should do this more ; Turn left a thousand feet from here ; Imagination does not exist ; Throw me on a scale ; The hatcheck girl ; Damn thirsty -- Fifteen/ Two giant fat people. Two giant fat people ; Scratching my back ; If you don't stop that ; Elegance ; A hole in a flute ; Until ; Why aren't we screaming drunks ; Dropping keys ; All the talents of God ; The great expanse ; I imagine now for ages -- Sixteen/ Spiced manna. Spiced manna ; A hard decree ; And for no reason ; Sometimes I say to a poem ; The suburbs ; She responded ; We might have to medicat |
| Summary |
With this stunning gift edition of 250 of Hafiz's most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in translating the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and religious voices. |
| Subject |
Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English.
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| Genre |
Sufi poetry, Persian Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Ladinsky, Daniel James.
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| ISBN |
9780140195811 |
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0140195815 |
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