Martin Bidney - The Be-Loving Imaginer Episode 35 - Interviewing Sufi Poets
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Synopsis Episode 35: Interviewing Sufi Poets
We’ll read sample interviews with 15 Sufi poets 1050- 1650. Each “interview” includes a lyric, a focused verse “reply” by me, and a contextual “blogatelle.”
I Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) Love the things of this world: wine
Pages 41-43 wine
II Anvari (1126-1189) Satire and moral teaching
Pages 79-80 satiric-moral teaching
III Nizami (1141-1209) Master of the parable
Pages 100-103 Tale of Solomon and the Sower
IV Attar (1146-1221) Mystical allegory
Pages 113-117 Colloquies of the Birds: The Hoopoe
V Rumi (1207-1273) Quelling ego to reach God
Pages 147-151 Quelling the Ego
Pages 152-154 To reach God
VI Dervish Breviary (Rumi disciples) Loving a person parallels loving God
Pages 182-183 Two love laments
VII Saadi (1213-1291) Voice of love and loss
Pages 210-213 Love
Pages 221-223 Loss
VIII Ibn Yemin (1287-1367) Prudent (disillusioned) counsel
Pages 227-229 Three on Prudence
IX Hafiz (1315-1390) Wine and tavern romance
Pages 255-258 Love Song
X Kamal Khujandi (1320-1400) Shakespeare-like love poet
Pages 299-301 love song with Shakespeare parallel
XI Jami (1414-1492) Hafizian love poet
Pages 303-305 Hafizian love song
XII Hatifi (1454-1529) Poet-prophet
Pages 325-329 Summoned by God
XIII Hilali (1470-1529) Seeker of the eternal
Pages 382-384 Lament for what is gone
XIV Faizi (1547-1595) Platonist poet
Pages 413-414 From earth to heaven
XV Saib (1592-1676) Poet of the middle path
Pages 415-417 Middle path
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