tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post6130666992237461478..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: Why I Like HafizKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-37044131279622337682012-12-16T07:27:42.133-06:002012-12-16T07:27:42.133-06:00Thrilling to hear, Shannon. I have been loving Ru...Thrilling to hear, Shannon. I have been loving Rumi for a while now, but hadn't yet explored Hafiz, though advised to do so some twenty years ago. I am a fool.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-6109286571014116952012-12-16T00:55:54.106-06:002012-12-16T00:55:54.106-06:00Our pastor often treats us to a bit of Rumi when c...Our pastor often treats us to a bit of Rumi when communion is all done and we have had some silence. And when he presents a night of poetry, Rumi and Hafiz make regular appearances. If I had to clear my shelves of 90% of the books, I'd keep Rumi and Hafiz.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270396127498411004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-75922533066448288992012-12-12T22:17:31.103-06:002012-12-12T22:17:31.103-06:00Great post! I Love It!Great post! I Love It!Sean Samir Ramses Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376914859525972103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-77704266171700035182012-12-11T14:33:59.949-06:002012-12-11T14:33:59.949-06:00I really liked the poem you included. Other than ...I really liked the poem you included. Other than a name I recognize from reading an old biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton I know nothing about the Sufi's but I was drawn to the universalism expressed in the Mindlin quote. Now I have another reading assignment before I can start to feel educated.The Swamp Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10795265506871435999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-14548652765516994222012-12-10T18:33:58.741-06:002012-12-10T18:33:58.741-06:00On my new list for 2013 I will put Rumi. Thank yo...On my new list for 2013 I will put Rumi. Thank you for spinning or not in your PJs.Collagemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818246340865714754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-22283648810849602462012-12-10T15:50:55.826-06:002012-12-10T15:50:55.826-06:00Well, yes, some of Hafiz is pretty general, and ev...Well, yes, some of Hafiz is pretty general, and even ecstasy can get tedious.<br /><br />Ha ha ha ha! (I love to laugh.) <br /><br />Anyhoo, but there are wonderful honest stellar moments and much whirling beauty in Hafiz. There's a quality of "been there" in him, of joy that contains a long struggle... or search. So the release is good.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-23986841757201382352012-12-10T15:47:41.569-06:002012-12-10T15:47:41.569-06:00Oh, but this is a wonderful poem! At work, we hav...Oh, but this is a wonderful poem! At work, we have some Hafiz and a mess of Rumi on the shelves (plus some Mirabai on the hold shelf, but no one's bothered to pick it up after six months). Maybe I should read them, eh? I was afraid it was like Khalil Gibran, whom I had to read for high school (in the English class of one of my non-horrible teachers), and didn't especially care for.Cathyhttp://cathydouglas.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-44880523511024207572012-12-10T10:56:28.299-06:002012-12-10T10:56:28.299-06:00Thanks, Maureen. I have Coleman Barks's transl...Thanks, Maureen. I have Coleman Barks's translation of Rumi, loose translations, and I like them.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-70026476354081200682012-12-10T10:47:23.597-06:002012-12-10T10:47:23.597-06:00Ladinsky makes these poets so accessible. I don...Ladinsky makes these poets so accessible. I don't think Hafiz, Rumi, et al would be nearly so popular without his translations.<br /><br />Love the Hafiz selection here today.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-40553472729665843312012-12-10T08:53:31.323-06:002012-12-10T08:53:31.323-06:00I think that would work better for me. Thank you!I think that would work better for me. Thank you!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-76692405528591748692012-12-10T08:46:07.002-06:002012-12-10T08:46:07.002-06:00If you stand very still sometimes the world will s...If you stand very still sometimes the world will spin around You.<br />Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853560881137493014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-60487058162883491972012-12-10T08:20:29.999-06:002012-12-10T08:20:29.999-06:00Thank YOU, Jeronimus! Your comment helps me under...Thank YOU, Jeronimus! Your comment helps me understand what he is saying, too. I think the centering of the poems, in Ladinsky's translations, must be to set up a whirl!!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-23134590981627507382012-12-10T00:26:24.647-06:002012-12-10T00:26:24.647-06:00Thanks for posting that wonderful Hafiz poem. The ...Thanks for posting that wonderful Hafiz poem. The Sufis really get it that religious texts are supposed to be understood in a poetic sense, not so literally.jeronimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099993403604440221noreply@blogger.com