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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 Informationen zum Autor Daniel Ladinsky Klappentext A rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet Hafiz to Western readers, from bestselling poet Daniel Ladinsky Perhaps more than any other Persian poet, it is Hafiz who most fully accesses the mystical, healing dimensions of verse. Acclaimed poet Daniel Ladinsky has made it his life's work to create modern, inspired renderings of the world's most profound spiritual poetry. Through Ladinsky's renderings, Hafiz's voice comes alive across the centuries, singing his timeless message of love. With this stunning collection, Ladinsky has once again succeeded brilliantly in capturing the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and spiritual voices. "Ladinsky is a master who will be remembered for finally bringing Hafiz alive in the West." -Alexandra Marks, The Christian Science Monitor Zusammenfassung Daniel Ladinsky’s unforgettable lyrical poems are inspired by the cherished verse of Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time. Perhaps more than any other Persian poet, it is Hafiz who most fully accesses the mystical, healing dimensions of verse. Daniel Ladinsky’s poems are not translations in a literal sense. Rather than capture the form of a particular classical poem, Ladinsky has made it his life’s work to create modern interpretations inspired by the world’s most profound spiritual poetry. Through Ladinsky’s poems, Hafiz’s voice comes alive across the centuries, singing his timeless message of love. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Subject Tonight Is LoveIntroduction Where Dolphins Dance The Woman I Love Forgiveness Is the Cash All the Hemispheres The Vegetables At This Party Why All This Talk? In a Handful of God Because of Our Wisdom We Keep Each Other Happy Castrating an Ego This Place Where You Are Right Now In a Tree House We Are a Couple of Barroom Sailors No Other Kind of Light Not with Wings Venus Just Asked Me The Size of the Love Bruise The Theater of Freedom You Say, I Say Where Do You Think You Will Be? The Day Sky Among Strong Men Beautiful Hands Old Sweet Beggar Out of the Mouths of a Thousand Birds I Knew We Would Be Friends Build a House for Men That Sounds Wonderful A Singing Cleaning Woman Your Shape of Laughter Something I Have Learned And a Big Herd of Sweet Goats Narrow the Difference The Small Table of Time and Space The Happy Virus The Wonderful Lawlessness They Call to You to Sing Your Medicine It Happens All the Time in Heaven The Guardians of His Beauty The Subject Tonight Is Love I Saw You Dancing Never Say It Is Not God Absolutely Clear Ten Thousand Idiots To Anything That Moved Carrying God I Cherish Your Ears Deepening the Wonder Will Beat You Up I Follow Barefoot Join Me in the Pure Atmosphere Some Angels Grumble Playing in the Brilliance Like the Ganges And Acting So Cool A Potted Plant Just Sit There A Suspended Blue Ocean...
