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Zusatztext “There are universes inside Hafiz! a lineage of masters. Daniel Ladinsky follows the playfulness; the rascal moves well.” — Coleman Barks “With this stunning collection of Hafiz’s most intimate poems! Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of The Gift imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement! an audacious love that touches lives! profound knowledge! generosity! and a sweet! playful genius unparalleled in world literature.” —RamDass.org Informationen zum Autor Daniel Ladinsky is an acclaimed poet and renderer of mystical poetry. His books include The Gift, The Subject Tonight Is Love, I Heard God Laughing, A Year with Hafiz, Love Poems from God, The Purity of Desire, and Darling, I Love You. For six years, he made his home in a spiritual community in western India, where he worked and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Avatar Meher Baba. He lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Klappentext Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky's extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time More than any other Persian poet-even Rumi-Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the "Invisible Tongue." Indeed, Daniel Ladinsky has said that his work with Hafiz is an attempt to do the impossible: to render Light into words-to make the Luminous Resonance of God tangible to our finite senses. I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through- listen to this music! With this stunning collection of Hafiz's most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of The Gift imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature. Zusammenfassung Daniel Ladinsky’s 250 unforgettable lyrical poems are inspired by the cherished verse of Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time. More than any other Persian poet, Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the “Invisible Tongue.” Daniel Ladinsky’s poems are not translations in a literal sense. Rather than capture the form of a particular classical work, Ladinsky crafts poems that release the spirit of Hafiz based on his study of stories and poems attributed to the revered Persian writer. The Gift imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: The Life and Work of Hafiz One: Startled by God Startled by God Let's Eat When the Violin Looking for Good Fish 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 That Magnificent Storm Three: Removing the Shoe from the Temple Removing the Shoe from the Temple Against My Own Hand Out of This Mess...
