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A Year With Hafiz: Daily Contemplations (2011)

by Hafez(Favorite Author)

4.4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0143117548 (ISBN13: 9780143117544)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: I understand that reading lines of Hafiz daily -- like those of Tagore -- form a spiritual practice for many. Daniel Ladinsky brings that practice with his renderings of Hafiz, many of them stirringly beautiful. A few jarred my senses as too contemporary, but part of the pleasure of this collection is to share Ladinsky's appreciation of one of the world's greatest spiritual poets, so when I met one of those moments, I had a chance to sit back and consider how we each meet and live with reverence.
review 2: Daniel Ladinsky does a brilliant job complilng and interpreting these classic poems from Hafiz. I choose a daily reading book of poems every year, and this is the most enjoyable of all I have read. While wise and insightful, Hafiz will be remembered by me ... moreprimarily for his sense of humor, often self deprecating, which he uses liberally to highlight our human condition.From December 30th:"Out of a great need we are holding hands and climbing. Not loving is a letting go. Listen, the terrain around here is far too steep and dangerous for that." less

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