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Original Title:	The Gift
ISBN:	0140195815 (ISBN13: 9780140195811)
Edition Language:	English

The Gift

Hafez

Paperback | Pages: 333 pages

Rating: 4.5 | 7306 Users | 371 Reviews

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More than any other Persian poet, it is perhaps Hafiz who accesses 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 "Tongue of the Invisible." With this stunning collection of 250 of Hafiz's most intimate poems, Daniel Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in capturing the essence of one of Islam's greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of THE GIFT imparts the wonderful qualities of the spiritual teacher: an audacious love that empowers lives, profound knowledge, wild generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.

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Title	:	The Gift
Author	:	Hafez
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 333 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1999 by Penguin Compass (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Poetry. Spirituality. Classics. Religion. Fiction. Philosophy

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This compilation of wisdom speaks for itself, however, I would like to share one of the poems that particularly moved me, an invitation, if you will, to "The Gift" of Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master."With That Moon Language"Admit something:Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me."Of course you do not do this out loud:Otherwise, Someone would call the cops.Still though, think about this,This great pull in usto connect.Why not become the oneWho lives with a full moon in each eyeThat is always

How can it be that Ladinsky's translation captures such a feel of contemporaneity? Or perhaps I should say that we Americans are more familiar with Wahhabi Islam so that we don't realize the mystical, playful, spiritual side of Islam may derive from Sufism, or Sufi Islam which this gorgeous book of poems by the Sufi Master Hafiz (c. 1320-1389) captures.It is difficult to even reproduce my favorite poems here because of their unusual form, sometimes just one word in a line. The poems have a shape

This book is not a translation of Hafez, it's original (and mediocre) poetry by David Ladinsky masquerading as a translation.

This collection of 136 poems by Persian Sufi master poet Hafiz (c. 1320 1389) will delight readers of any faith looking for humor and to explore his view of the world or more accurately- of his God. The poems most recurring themes include love, tolerance, fanaticism, forgiveness and God. Most of the poems speak of love and rather unorthodox metaphors for God abound throughout his verses. The reader, whether spiritual or not, may be delighted by his habit of speaking of, or to, God in a rather

Spiritual and Poetic Chicanery The most important point is that this book is NOT a book of translations of Hafez. Instead, it is a book of original poetry by Daniel Ladinsky, "inspired by" Hafez. Other reviewers have pointed this out, but obviously, this book's high rating and continued commercial success show that this is not well enough known. I purchased this for a poetry book discussion group, and now I feel ripped off. No one else there knew of this when I told them at the meeting (I only

The Gift is a collection of Hafiz poems translated to English by Daniel Ladinsky. In the preface, Daniel describes the hours he has spent studying Hafiz's work, and how, above all else, he attempts to capture the essence of each poem. (Most know that translation of feeling/words is not always perfect.) Everyone seems a bit upset about this. As for me, I just wanted to read some beautiful poetry.I've always connected with Hafiz and Rumi's thoughts on love, nature, happiness and connection; the