Hafiz - The Scent of Light - Daniel Ladinsky

Track Listing

1. Introduction  01.43 minutes
2. Manic Screaming  00.40 minutes
3. Your Beautiful Parched, Holy Mouth  02.37 minutes
4. The Scent Of Light  01.24 minutes
5. You Left A Thousand Women Crazy  00.43 minutes
6. Spill The Oil Lamp  01.49 minutes
7. A Hole In The Flute  01.40 minutes
8. The Lute Will Beg  02.19 minutes
9. Keeping Watch  01.56 minutes
10. When The Violin  02.23 minutes
11. Saints Bowing In The Mountain  00.34 minutes
12. I Am Really Just A Tambourine  01.44 minutes
13. Dance Dervish Dance  01.27 minutes
14. I Saw You Dancing  00.43 minutes
15. The Sun Never Says  00.55 minutes
16. Beautiful Hands  02.00 minutes
17. Forever Dance  03.19 minutes
18. Your Shape Of Laughter  00.56 minutes
19. This Constant Yearning  03.32 minutes
20. An Old Musician  01.47 minutes
21. Old Sweet Beggar  01.01 minutes
22. Why Aren't We Screaming Drunks?  00.43 minutes
23. Someone Should Start Laughing  01.15 minutes
24. A Barroom View Of Love  01.28 minutes
25. It Happens All The Time In Heaven  01.52 minutes
26. My Sweet, Crushed Angel  02.31 minutes
27. Where Dolphins Dance  01.59 minutes
28. With That Moon Language  00.41 minutes
29. You Better Start Kissing Me  00.43 minutes
30. The Body A Tree  00.57 minutes
31. My Eyes So Soft  03.30 minutes
32. How Does It Feel To Be A Heart?  02.04 minutes
33. The Tender Mouth  01.00 minutes
34. My Brilliant Image  01.44 minutes
35. The God Who Only Knows Four Words  01.35 minutes
36. Your Beautiful Parched, Holy Mouth  04.23 minutes

TRANSLATED BY DANIEL LADINSKY / MUSIC BY STEVIN MCNAMARA
In modern day Persia, the 14th-century poet Hafiz remains the most treasured voice of his homeland – a place where his work outsells Rumi, and even the Koran. Yet only recently have Westerners come to know this wild Sufi mystic’s astonishing verses on love and spiritual longing. Now, with Hafiz: The Scent of Light, you will join Daniel Ladinsky – the acclaimed translator of The Gift – to revel in more than 30 of Hafiz’ most stirring works. Offered here in the manner that Hafiz composed them, spoken or sung spontaneously amid companions and inspired music, each of these exquisite love songs (ghazals) shimmers with a nuance, depth, and passion rarely captured in previous translations.
Hafiz once said: “A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched holy mouth.” From his vision of an all-embracing Beloved who sees beyond our religious beliefs to his revelations on the oneness of worldly ecstasy and spiritual awakening, Hafiz continues to pour the light of his poetry forth today.
Music composed and performed by Stevin McNamara (sitar and nylon string guitar), with special guest artists/composers Steve Gorn (bansuri flute), Jeffrey Rodgers (tabla, santoor, ethnic drums, percussion), Annette Cantor (vocals), Pandit S.N. Sopori (drupad/khyal/tarana singing), Bhushan Sopori (tabla), and Aurelia Roze (violin). Read by Nataraja Kallio.
1 CD / 1 HR