Drunk on the wine of the beloved
Subtitle: 100 poems of Hafiz
By: translations by Thomas Rain Crowe.
Contributors: Crowe, Thomas Rain.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Dīvān.
Description: "The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326-1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature - and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme master of a poetic form known as the ghazal (pronounced "guzzle"), an ode or song consisting of rhymed couplets celebrating divine love. In this selection of his poems, wine and the intoxication it brings are the image that expresses this love in all its joyful abandon, painful longing, bewilderment, and surrender. Through ninety-five free-verse renditions, we gain entry into the mystical world of Hafiz's Winehouse, with its happy minstrels, its bewitching Winebringer, and its companions in drunken longing whose hearts cry out, "More wine!" Thomas Rain Crowe brings a new dimension to our growing appreciation of Hafiz and his wise drunkard's advice to the seekers of God."-- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.