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galen  ·  3769 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Weekly Hafiz: The beginning

Thanks for the translation rec, I wouldn't be surprised if my problems with the rhyme scheme were an issue with the translator, not Halevi.

I actually first heard some of the poetry from The Gift at a summer camp I went to a couple years back, one of the counselors read it to us every once in a while and I really enjoyed it. Finally a few weeks ago I remembered to ask her who the translator was and picked up my own copy.





Rossignol  ·  3769 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's the nature of a summer camp where you're read poetry? We don't really have them in England and I was under the impression it was where mothers sent their children to make the American hinterland look like the Aokigahara.

galen  ·  3769 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah! Yeah, this was kind of a weird camp. We produced a full-length Shakespeare play in 2 weeks with a cast of 14 pre-teens and teenagers, and one of the (4) counselors read us poetry at night just because.