Able Muse - the tangled braid https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/872/872? en The Tangled Braid: Ninety-Nine Poems by Hafiz of Shiraz https://www.ablemuse.com/v9/books/john-slater/tangled-braid-ninety-nine-poems-hafiz-shiraz? <!--paging_filter--><p>A unique collaboration between a Cistercian monk and a scholar of Islamic translation, this volume offers fresh and distinctive interpretations of works by the spiritual Sufi poet, Hafiz of Shiraz. Combining scholarly precision with keen sensitivity to the mystic contours of the Persian originals, these esoteric verses are rendered into English without forfeiting the artistry or accuracy of the original intent. Knitting together aesthetics and erudition, each poem seeks to be intellectually stimulating and spiritually invigorating.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v9/books/john-slater/tangled-braid-ninety-nine-poems-hafiz-shiraz?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v9/books/john-slater/tangled-braid-ninety-nine-poems-hafiz-shiraz?#comments Books hafiz of shiraz john slater ninety-nine poems poems poetry book the tangled braid v9 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:27:15 +0000 Administrator 639 at https://www.ablemuse.com