To fully experience the ecstatic poetry of the Middle and Near East, you must hear it as originally intended: stirred ablaze by inspired music and rhythms before a live audience. With I Want Burning, the brilliant translator Coleman Barks and his friends invite you to join them in an evening of celebration featuring three literary legends of the 13th and 14th centuries:
Jelaluddin Rumi - the Sufi poet who has ignited the hearts of generations with his wildly insightful poetry
Hafiz - the most popular poet in the Persian world, Hafiz continues to marvel audiences with his unparalleled illuminations on love in all its guises
Lalla - the astonishing, little-known Kashmiri poet who sang and danced her verses with such passion that she was known to tear her garments off in a frenzy of ecstasy.
If you have never heard a live performance with Coleman Barks and friends, I Want Burning will be a revelation in the ecstatic spiritual poetry of Rumi and his contemporaries. Accompanied by vocals, pan flute, harmonium, bells, and hand drums.
