I Heard God Laughing
by Hāfez
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From the renowned translator of "The Gift," a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to Western readers To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not "classical literature" from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continue to be quoted in daily life. With uncanny insight, Hafiz captures the many forms and stages of love. His poetry outlines the stages of the mystic's "path of love"--A journey in which love dissolves personal boundaries and limitations show more to join larger processes of growth and transformation. With this stunning collection, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in translating the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and spiritual voices. show lessTags
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I love Hafiz and I love Daniel Landisky's translations of Hafiz. I randomly found a copy of this at a library book sale and I was SO DELIGHTED. I knew I would love this and I did.
I don't know what new can be said about Hafiz at this point, but to me he speaks of our deep capacity for joy and affection -- and even sometimes gives some still quite relevant advice. I'm not sure if he has ever failed to raise my spirits.
I don't know what new can be said about Hafiz at this point, but to me he speaks of our deep capacity for joy and affection -- and even sometimes gives some still quite relevant advice. I'm not sure if he has ever failed to raise my spirits.
What a delightful collection of poetry. The translation (Daniel Ladinsky) is brilliant. Highly recommended, whether you usually read poetry or not. This book has really put many smiles on my face.
Thoroughly delightful and intoxicating!
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- Canonical title
- I Heard God Laughing
- Original publication date
- 1996
- Original language
- Farsi
Classifications
- Genres
- Poetry, Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 891.5511 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Iranian literatures Modern Persian / Farsi literature (8th century CE to present) Persian poetry ca. 1000–1389
- LCC
- PK6465 .Z31 .L34 — Language and Literature Indo-Iranian languages and literatures Indo-Iranian philology and literature Iranian philology and literature New Persian Literature Individual authors or works H. a_fiz.
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- 3
- Rating
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
