Author: Daniel Ladinsky. Published by Peguin Books, New York, NY., 2006, Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with lovely French-Style fold out covers, and deckled-edge pages. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inch, 112 pages.
From bestselling poet Daniel Ladinsky, I HEARD GOD LAUGHING, is a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet Hafiz to Western readers, and he has succeeded brilliantly in capturing the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and spiritual voices.
To Persians, the poems of Hafiz are not “classical literature” from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continues 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 to join larger processes of growth and transformation.
DID YOU KNOW? Hafiz of Shiraz was widely regarded as an infidel in his day. Today he is recognized in the East not only for the excellence of his poetry, but also as a Sufi illuminate. His major work, The Diwan, is found beside the Koran in the homes of the devout.
