false <![CDATA[The Gift]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170824091m/72910.jpg 72910 2 Hafiz, a secret Sufi, came to prominence in his day as a writer of love poems. That love transformed into an all-consuming passion for union with the divine. In <I>The Gift</I>, Daniel Ladinsky bestows on us the impassioned yet whimsical strains of Hafiz's ecstasy. Never forced or awkward, Ladinsky's Hafiz whispers in your ear and pounds in your chest, naming God in a hundred metaphors. <blockquote> I once asked a bird, <br> "How is it that you fly in this gravity <br> Of darkness?" <br> She responded, <br> "Love lifts <br> Me." </blockquote> Like Fitzgerald's version of Khayyam's <I>Rubaiyat</I>, the language of <I>The Gift</I> strikes a contemporary chord, resonating in the reader's mind and then in the heart. Ladinsky's language is plain, fresh, playful--dancing with an expert cadence that invites and surprises. If it is true, as Hafiz says, that a poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, reading Ladinsky's Hafiz is like gulping down the sun. <I>--Brian Bruya</I> 70581 1 8 1999 The Gift total:359|5:246|4:86|3:17|2:7|1:3| 359 1642 465 58 4 3 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 12 16:19:32 -0700 2008 Sat May 16 19:52:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 07:21:14 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 07:21:14 -0800 2007
"With That Moon Language"

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WHEN YOU CAN ENDURE
When
The words stop
And you can endure the silence
That reveal your hearts
Pain
of emptiness
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When
The words stop
And you can endure the silence

That reveals your heart's
Pain

O...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 11 18:02:06 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 19:33:22 -0700 2007 "Even after all this time
The sun never says to the earth,
'You owe Me'
Look what happens with a love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky"

Read Hafiz. Love Hafiz. Recite Hafiz. This is a great collection. My only complaint is with the translation, wh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 25 09:37:36 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:40:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 30 10:11:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 10:16:43 -0700 2007 Found it in college, and now it's one of those books that I take with me everywhere I go. Believe it or not, it's incredibly useful for sermon-writing. And bedtime reading, or pick-me-up reading, or any time reading, really.
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And I have loved it. The poems are so graceful. Simply throbbing with life and joy.
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