{"product_id":"compassisbn-9780140195811","title":"Compass","description":"\u003cb\u003eChosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than any other Persian poet\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eeven Rumi\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eHafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions of poetry. Because his poems were often ecstatic love songs from God to his beloved world, many have called Hafiz the “Invisible Tongue.” Indeed, Daniel Ladinsky has said that his work with Hafiz is an attempt to do the impossible: to render Light into words\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eto make the Luminous Resonance of God tangible to our finite senses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am\u003cbr\u003ea hole in a flute\u003cbr\u003ethat the Christ's breath moves\u003cbr\u003ethrough\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elisten to this\u003cbr\u003emusic!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this stunning collection of Hafiz’s most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of \u003ci\u003eThe Gift \u003c\/i\u003eimparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.Preface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Life and Work of Hafiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne: Startled by God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStartled by God\u003cbr\u003eLet's Eat\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Violin\u003cbr\u003eLooking for Good Fish\u003cbr\u003eA Hunting Party\u003cbr\u003eThis Sane Idea\u003cbr\u003eWe Have Not Come to Take Prisoners\u003cbr\u003eI Can See Angels\u003cbr\u003eYou're It\u003cbr\u003eI Rain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo: I Have Learned So Much\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Have Learned So Much\u003cbr\u003eGod Just Came Near\u003cbr\u003eThe Sun Never Says\u003cbr\u003eThe Seed Cracked Open\u003cbr\u003eWhy Just Ask the Donkey\u003cbr\u003eWho Wrote All the Music\u003cbr\u003eYour Mother and My Mother\u003cbr\u003eMismatched Newlyweds\u003cbr\u003eYour Seed Pouch\u003cbr\u003eThat Magnificent Storm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree: Removing the Shoe from the Temple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemoving the Shoe from the Temple\u003cbr\u003eAgainst My Own Hand\u003cbr\u003eOut of This Mess\u003cbr\u003eIf God Invited You to a Party\u003cbr\u003eTo Build a Swing\u003cbr\u003eA Crystal Rim\u003cbr\u003eThis One Is Mine\u003cbr\u003eCurfews\u003cbr\u003eThe Ear That Was Sold to a Fish\u003cbr\u003eAn Infant in Your Arms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour: I Hold the Lion's Paw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Hold the Lion's Paw\u003cbr\u003eIf the Falling of a Hoof\u003cbr\u003eWhat the Hell\u003cbr\u003eSomeone Untied Your Camel\u003cbr\u003eWhen I Want to Kiss God\u003cbr\u003eFor a Single Tear\u003cbr\u003eThat Shapes the Eye\u003cbr\u003eSo Many Gifts\u003cbr\u003eLove Is the Funeral Pyre\u003cbr\u003eAllah, Allah, Allah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive: Don't Die Again\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't Die Again\u003cbr\u003eLike a Life-Giving Sun\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Work\u003cbr\u003eEffacement\u003cbr\u003eSome Fill with Each Good Rain\u003cbr\u003eThe Vintage Man\u003cbr\u003eEverywhere\u003cbr\u003eLifts beyond Conception\u003cbr\u003eGod's Bucket\u003cbr\u003eJust Looking for Trouble\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix: The Gift\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gift\u003cbr\u003eLaughing at the Word Two\u003cbr\u003eLife Starts Clapping\u003cbr\u003eThe Foundation for Greatness\u003cbr\u003eCourteous to the Ant\u003cbr\u003eHis Winter Crop\u003cbr\u003eThe Scent of Light\u003cbr\u003eNo Conflict\u003cbr\u003eStop Calling Me a Pregnant Woman\u003cbr\u003eA Strange Feather\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven: I Am Really Just a Tambourine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Am Really Just a Tambourine\u003cbr\u003eThe Stairway of Existence\u003cbr\u003eWhat Do White Birds Say?\u003cbr\u003eHow Do I Listen?\u003cbr\u003eThe Earth Braces Itself\u003cbr\u003eThe Difference Between\u003cbr\u003eThe Angels Know You Well\u003cbr\u003eCrooked Deals\u003cbr\u003eThe Millstone's Talents\u003cbr\u003eLet Thought Become Your Beautiful Lover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight: Get the Blame Straight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGet the Blame Straight\u003cbr\u003eRewards for Clear Thinking\u003cbr\u003ePlease\u003cbr\u003eThis Constant Yearning\u003cbr\u003eThe Sad Game\u003cbr\u003eThat Regal Coat\u003cbr\u003eStop Being So Religious\u003cbr\u003eFriends Do Things Like This\u003cbr\u003eIt Felt Love\u003cbr\u003eLook! I Am a Whale\u003cbr\u003eTwo Bears\u003cbr\u003eThe Sky Hunter\u003cbr\u003eForgive the Dream\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine: The Prettiest Mule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Prettiest Mule\u003cbr\u003eToday\u003cbr\u003eWise Men Keep Talking About\u003cbr\u003eBack into Herself\u003cbr\u003eThe Mule Got Drunk and Lost in Heaven\u003cbr\u003eWhy Abstain?\u003cbr\u003eThe Warrior\u003cbr\u003eDividing God\u003cbr\u003eI Saw Two Birds\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad's Twin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTen: Tiny Gods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTiny Gods\u003cbr\u003eThis Union\u003cbr\u003eWhen You Can Endure\u003cbr\u003eThis Talking Rag\u003cbr\u003eWho Will Feed My Cat?\u003cbr\u003eBurglars Hear Watchdogs\u003cbr\u003eA Still Cup\u003cbr\u003eThat Lamp That Needs No Oil\u003cbr\u003eToo Wonderful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleven: Elephant Wondering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElephant Wondering\u003cbr\u003eAn Old Musician\u003cbr\u003eThe Fish and I Will Chat\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart Is Right\u003cbr\u003eOut of God's Hat\u003cbr\u003eThe Clay Bowl's Destiny\u003cbr\u003eI Hope You Won't Sue This Old Man\u003cbr\u003eFaithful Lover\u003cbr\u003eNow Is the Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve: Counting Moles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCounting Moles\u003cbr\u003eHafiz\u003cbr\u003eThe Body a Tree\u003cbr\u003eA Great Need\u003cbr\u003eThere Could Be Holy Fallout\u003cbr\u003eTrying to Wear Pants\u003cbr\u003eThis Sky\u003cbr\u003eIt Is Unanimous\u003cbr\u003eTwo Puddles Chatting\u003cbr\u003eHis Ballet Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThirteen: Reverence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReverence\u003cbr\u003eThat Tree We Planted\u003cbr\u003eI Vote for You for God\u003cbr\u003eA One-Story House\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Religions\u003cbr\u003eWhat Happens to the Guest\u003cbr\u003eI Want Both of Us\u003cbr\u003eLike Passionate Lips\u003cbr\u003eCucumbers and Prayers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFourteen: A Cushion for Your Head\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Cushion for Your Head\u003cbr\u003eThese Beautiful Love Games\u003cbr\u003eThe Bag Lady\u003cbr\u003eThe Ambience of Love\u003cbr\u003eTired of Speaking Sweetly\u003cbr\u003eA Root in Each Act and Creature\u003cbr\u003eOur Hearts Should Do This More\u003cbr\u003eTurn Left a Thousand Feet from Here\u003cbr\u003eImagination Does Not Exist\u003cbr\u003eThrow Me on a Scale\u003cbr\u003eThe Hatcheck Girl\u003cbr\u003eDamn Thirsty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifteen: Two Giant Fat People\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Giant Fat People\u003cbr\u003eScratching My Back\u003cbr\u003eIf You Don't Stop That\u003cbr\u003eElegance\u003cbr\u003eA Hole in a Flute\u003cbr\u003eUntil\u003cbr\u003eWhy Aren't We Screaming Drunks?\u003cbr\u003eDropping Keys\u003cbr\u003eAll the Talents of God\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Expanse\u003cbr\u003eI Imagine Now for Ages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSixteen: Spiced Manna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpiced Manna\u003cbr\u003eA Hard Decree\u003cbr\u003eAnd For No Reason\u003cbr\u003eSometimes I Say to a Poem\u003cbr\u003eThe Suburbs\u003cbr\u003eShe Responded\u003cbr\u003eWe Might Have to Medicate You\u003cbr\u003eThe Idiot's Warehouse\u003cbr\u003eWhen You Wake\u003cbr\u003eThis Teaching Business Isn't Easy\u003cbr\u003eThe Mountain Got Tired of Sitting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeventeen: Where Is the Door to the Tavern?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Is the Door to the Tavern?\u003cbr\u003eBecoming Human\u003cbr\u003eIn Need of the Breath\u003cbr\u003eThe Heart's Coronation\u003cbr\u003eThe Thousand-Stringed Instrument\u003cbr\u003eThen Winks\u003cbr\u003eAnd Then You Are\u003cbr\u003eThe Intelligent Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Chorus in the Eye\u003cbr\u003eFind a Better Job\u003cbr\u003eThe Lute Will Beg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEighteen: When the Sun Conceived a Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Sun Conceived a Man\u003cbr\u003eA Mime\u003cbr\u003eThe Quintessence of Loneliness\u003cbr\u003eNeeding a Mirror\u003cbr\u003eZikr\u003cbr\u003eThe Tender Mouth\u003cbr\u003eGreeting God\u003cbr\u003eReaching Toward the Millet Fields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNineteen: Lousy at Math\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLousy at Math\u003cbr\u003eThe Sun in Drag\u003cbr\u003eBetween Our Poles\u003cbr\u003eStay Close to Those Sounds\u003cbr\u003eAn Invisible Pile of Wood\u003cbr\u003eIt Has Not Rained Light\u003cbr\u003eBerserk\u003cbr\u003eNo More Leaving\u003cbr\u003eWow\u003cbr\u003eWhat Should We Do about That Moon?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty: Cupping My Hands Like a Mountain Valley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCupping My Hands Like a Mountain Valley\u003cbr\u003eWhy Not Be Polite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-one: The God Who Only Knows Four Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe God Who Only Knows Four Words\u003cbr\u003eYou Were Brave in That Holy War\u003cbr\u003eBring the Man to Me\u003cbr\u003eToo Beautiful\u003cbr\u003eMy Eyes So Soft\u003cbr\u003eThe Diamond Takes Shape\u003cbr\u003eThat Does Perish\u003cbr\u003eChain You to My Body\u003cbr\u003eCovers Her Face with Both Hands\u003cbr\u003eDog's Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-two: Stay with Us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStay with Us\u003cbr\u003eI Am Full of Love Tonight\u003cbr\u003eMany Lives Ago\u003cbr\u003eIt Will Stretch Out Its Leg\u003cbr\u003eSome of the Planets Are Hosting\u003cbr\u003eWhat Is the Root?\u003cbr\u003eThe Same Suntan\u003cbr\u003eFor Three Days\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-three: A Clever Piece of Mutton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Clever Piece of Mutton\u003cbr\u003eWho Can Hear the Buddha Sing?\u003cbr\u003eButtering the Sky\u003cbr\u003eHow Fascinating\u003cbr\u003eWhere Great Lions Love to Piss\u003cbr\u003eA Potent Lover\u003cbr\u003eAn Astronomical Question\u003cbr\u003eI Wish I Could Speak Like Music\u003cbr\u003eIn a Circus Booth\u003cbr\u003eMaybe Even Lucrative\u003cbr\u003eTroubled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-four: The Silk Mandala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Silk Mandala\u003cbr\u003eA Forest Herb\u003cbr\u003eYour Camel Is Loaded to Sing\u003cbr\u003eStealing Back the Flute\u003cbr\u003eWhere the Drum Lost Its Mind\u003cbr\u003eEvery City Is a Dulcimer\u003cbr\u003eRuin\u003cbr\u003eBetween Your Eye and This Page\u003cbr\u003ePractice This New Birdcall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwenty-five: I Know I Was the Water\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Know I Was the Water\u003cbr\u003eWith That Moon Language\u003cbr\u003eWithout Brushing My Hair\u003cbr\u003eIntegrity\u003cbr\u003eThere\u003cbr\u003eWhen Space Is Not Rationed\u003cbr\u003eBirds of Passage\u003cbr\u003eAct Great\u003cbr\u003eThe Only Material\u003cbr\u003eI Got Kin\u003cbr\u003eOnly One Rule\u003cbr\u003eYour Thousand Limbs\u003cbr\u003eAnd Love Says\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These stirring poems, originally written by a 14th century Persian mystic, get me closer to the divine, and more immediately, than anything in the world.... Open to any page to be transported into magic.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth Gilbert,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There are universes inside Hafiz, a lineage of masters. Daniel Ladinsky follows the playfulness; the rascal moves well.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eColeman Barks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With this stunning collection of Hafiz’s most intimate poems, Ladinsky has succeeded brilliantly in presenting the essence of one of Islam’s greatest poetic and religious voices. Each line of \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e imparts the wonderful qualities of this master Sufi poet and spiritual teacher: encouragement, an audacious love that touches lives, profound knowledge, generosity, and a sweet, playful genius unparalleled in world literature.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —RamDass.org\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Ladinsky\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed poet and renderer of mystical poetry. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Gift, The Subject Tonight Is Love, I Heard God Laughing, A Year with Hafiz, Love Poems from God, The Purity of Desire, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDarling, I Love You.\u003c\/i\u003e For six years, he made his home in a spiritual community in western India, where he worked and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Avatar Meher Baba. He lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304508051685,"sku":"NP9780140195811","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140195811.jpg?v=1730757560","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/compassisbn-9780140195811","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}