Ladinsky was unable to produce such originals. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.

Ladinsky is not translating from the Persian original of Hafez. And that is a shame. All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. Ladinsky claims that Hafez appeared to him in a dream and handed him the English “translations” he is publishing: “About six months into this work I had an astounding dream in which I saw Hafiz as an Infinite Fountaining Sun (I saw him as God), who sang hundreds of lines of his poetry to me in English, asking me to give that message to ‘my artists and seekers’.”, It is not my place to argue with people and their dreams, but I am fairly certain that this is not how translation works. We live in an age where the president of the United States ran on an Islamophobic campaign of “Islam hates us” and establishing a cruel Muslim ban immediately upon taking office. No relationship to the original poetry of the beloved and popular Hafez of Shiraz. And unlike some “versioners” (Coleman Barks is by far the most gifted here) who translate Rumi by taking the Victorian literal translations and rendering them into American free verse, Ladinsky’s relationship with the text of Hafez’s poetry is nonexistent. If you are the talent, and wish to request removal from this catalog or report an issue with your profile, please click here. Will we see the real Rumi, the real Hafez, or something appropriating their name? There are larger issues of language, community, and power involved here. [14] The Islamic Foundation of North America uses Ladinsky's The Gift in its Islamic literature curriculum. During this period he came across the book God Speaks, by Meher Baba, and poetry by Rumi, both of which had a deep impact on him. Hafez’s worldview is inseparable from the world of Medieval Islam, the genre of Persian love poetry, and more. Ladinsky's work has garnered positive commentary from Pakistani diplomat and academic Akbar S. Ahmed,[12] has been favorably endorsed by The Christian Science Monitor writer Alexandra Marks,[13] and has been quoted in contemporary non-fiction by American Muslim writers such as Asma Gull Hasan. It is like a Rorschach psychological test in poetry. There is one last element: It is indeed an act of violence to take the Islam out of Rumi and Hafez, as Ladinsky has done. Back home, his father helped him join a carpentry school. Review of: The Gift: Poems from Hafiz the great Sufi Master, Supposed Hafiz poem recited by McGuinty turns out to be fake, Fake Hafez: How a supreme Persian poet of love was erased, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Ladinsky&oldid=985107095, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 October 2020, at 00:28. All American Speakers Bureau, a division of All American Entertainment (AAE), is a full-service talent booking agency dedicated to representing the interests of meeting and event planners. Over a twenty-year period, beginning in 1978, he spent extensive time in a spiritual community at Meherabad, in western India, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor, and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Meher Baba. I don’t know. Daniel Ladinsky (born 1948) is an American poet and interpreter of mystical poetry, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri.Over a twenty-year period, beginning in 1978, he spent extensive time in a spiritual community at Meherabad, in western India, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor, and lived with the intimate disciples and family of Meher Baba. And it is great poetry. It would rob him of what makes him … Hafez. Daniel J Ladinsky are some of the alias or nickname that Daniel has used. For many, it is their singular contribution to world civilisation: What the Greeks are to philosophy, Persians are to poetry. [18] Turkish novelist Elif Shafak licensed Ladinsky's Rumi work for reprint in her titles. This is erasure and spiritual colonialism.

There, he met the disciple Kitty Davy, then in her seventies, who had spent twenty years in India with Meher Baba. Though Ladinsky's first visit lasted only two weeks, it started a process which continued with regular visits for the next two decades, and Jessawala became his spiritual teacher. Can you send me the original so I can recite it to her at the ceremony we are holding for her?”. Your heart and my heartAre very very old friends.

And many mystics, including the 20th-century Sufi master Pir Vilayat, would cast his powerful glance at his students, stating that he would long for them to be able to see themselves and their own worth as he sees them. Ladinsky himself admitted that they are not “translations”, or “accurate”, and in fact denied having any knowledge of Persian in his 1996 best-selling book, I Heard God Laughing. You like that one from Hafez? And in the great pantheon of Persian poetry where Hafez, Rumi, Saadi, ‘Attar, Nezami, and Ferdowsi might be the immortals, there is perhaps none whose mastery of the Persian language is as refined as that of Hafez. This has been part of what many of feel called to, and are pursuing through initiatives like Illuminated Courses. Hafez’s given name was Muhammad, and he was called Shams al-Din (The Sun of Religion). A great scholar of Persian and Urdu literature, Christopher Shackle, describes Ladinsky’s output as “not so much a paraphrase as a parody of the wondrously wrought style of the greatest master of Persian art-poetry.” Another critic, Murat Nemet-Nejat, described Ladinsky’s poems as what they are: original poems of Ladinsky masquerading as a “translation.”. [26], In June 2020, Professor Omid Safi commented, "Part of what is going on here is what we also see, to a lesser extent, with Rumi: the voice and genius of the Persian speaking, Muslim, mystical, sensual sage of Shiraz are usurped and erased, and taken over by a white American with no connection to Hafez's Islam or Persian tradition. But Hafez scholars have argued that his writings have no connection to the great Persian poets https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/opinion/fake-hafez-supreme-persian-poet-love-erased-200601073431603.html, Ladinsky was born and brought up in suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, where his father was a wealthy developer. That so many of the poems attributed to Hafez are fake reveals a Western appropriation of Muslim spirituality.

The requests start off the same way: “I am getting married next month, and my fiance and I wanted to celebrate our Muslim background, and we have always loved this poem by Hafez. [3] Eventually, he published I Heard God Laughing in 1996. Nachdichtung von Daniel Ladinsky NEWSLETTER I Du bist noch nicht im Email-Verteiler? They are just not … Hafez. [19][20][21][22] Christopher Shackle describes The Gift as "not so much a paraphrase as a parody of the wondrously wrought style of the greatest master of Persian art-poetry" and Aria Fanil describes his contribution thusly "Ladinsky does not know Persian while his poems bear little or no resemblance to what Hafez has composed" [23][22], Reviewer Murat Nemet-Nejat contacted Ladinsky and asked him for one or two translated gazels of Hafiz. Ladinsky’s “translations” have been passed on by Oprah, the BBC, and others. The BBC invited Ladinsky to write on Hafiz. Like that one from Hafez too?

Powerful. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information. Could you send us the original?” Or, “My daughter is graduating this month, and I know she loves this quote from Hafez. Fear is the cheapest room in the house.I would like to see you living in better conditions. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. [24][25], In April 2009, the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, recited from Ladinsky's book at a Nowruz celebration in Toronto, but was later informed there was no corresponding Persian original for the poems. Daniel Ladinsky (born 1948) is an American poet and interpreter of mystical poetry, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. There is limited shelf space in any bookstore. It is another thing to take Rumi and Hafez out of Islam. So good that it is listed on Good Reads as the wisdom of “Hafez of Shiraz.” The problem is, Hafez of Shiraz said nothing like that. Then, in 1978, Davy advised him to visit the Meher Baba ashram, at Meherabad, near Ahmednagar, India. Ladinsky, Daniel (1996 & 2006) p. So there is something sinister about keeping Muslims out of our borders while stealing their crown jewels and appropriating them not by translating them but simply as decor for poetry that bears no relationship to the original. Like many other Persian poets and mystics, the influence of Hafez extended far beyond contemporary Iran and can be felt wherever Persianate culture was a presence, including India and Pakistan, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the Ottoman realms. … Was there anyone in the room when these decisions were made who was connected in a meaningful way to the communities who have lived through Hafez for centuries? Yet if you love a tradition, you have to speak the truth: Ladinsky’s translations have no earthly connection to what the historical Hafez of Shiraz, the 14th-century Persian sage, ever said.

Looking for the perfect speaker for your event? That is a separate matter, and a mandate for Muslims to reimagine a faith that is steeped in the world of poetry, nuance, mercy, love, spirit, and beauty.

At the back of the Meher Baba book, he found the address of the five centers dedicated to the spiritual master. Booking agency for Daniel Ladinsky. All rights reserved. 1390. This is a matter of power, privilege and erasure.

The mystics see it as a sign of their own yearning, and so do the wine-drinkers, and the anti-religious types. It is not simply a matter of a translation dispute, nor of alternate models of translations. "Daniel Ladinsky's The Gift: Poems by Hafiz is an "original" poem masquerading as a "translation. Hafiz, persischer Dichter, 1320 – ca. How can it be that about 99.9 percent of the quotes and poems attributed to one the most popular and influential of all the Persian poets and Muslim sages ever, one who is seen as a member of the pantheon of “universal” spirituality on the internet are … fake? An American poet, named Daniel Ladinsky, has been publishing books under the name of the famed Persian poet Hafez for more than 20 years.

"[27], Ladinsky continues to live in a rural wilderness farm in the Ozarks of Missouri,[28] on a ranch outside of Taos, New Mexico, and, at other times, next to the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Made up. He is a mystic, though he pokes fun at ostentatious mystics. Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sufi leaders and organizations, as well as non-affiliated spiritual and service groups, license Ladinsky's work for use and reprint. Which is great for Ladinsky, but we are missing the chance to hear from the actual, real Hafez. AAE is one of the premier celebrity booking agencies and top keynote speakers bureaus in the world.



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