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I Want Burning: The Ecstatic World of Rumi, Hafiz and Lalla
by (Reader: Coleman Barks)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (2001-04-01)
ISBN: 156455807X
EAN: 9781564558077
UPC: 600835048842
Dewey Decimal #: 891.55008
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: C198-1164
Condition: New
Comments: Sealed & New.In Stock-Sent Fast From british bookseller.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Why is a 700-year-old mystic named Jelaluddin Rumi the best-selling poet in America? The answer to that question is simple: Coleman Barks. From his immensely popular translation of Rumi to his featured appearances on public television, this award-winning poet has almost single-handedly brought ecstatic Sufi poetry into the mainstream of English-language readers. On I Want Burning, listeners will join Barks in an inspired evening featuring three literary legends of the 14th century Middle East: Jelaluddin Rumi, Hafiz (all-time favorite poet of the Persian world), and Lalla, the astonishing Kashmiri woman poet, singer, and dancer. Includes more than 50 poems, accompanied by vocals, pan flute, harmonium bells, and hand drums.
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Customer Reviews
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It's hard to take it seriously
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-08-03
I LOVE Rumi's poetry, and I love Coleman Barks' translations. I've been a fan for a number of years now, but this was the first time I've ever heard him speak. He has a Southern accent and sounds like a "good ol' boy" reading these amazing, enlightening words. It really is hard to take it seriously as Middle Eastern poetry from the 13th century when the reader sounds like he's from Dukes of Hazard. It's pretty bad.
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A Turning Night Of Stars
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-07-22
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Coleman Barks has captured the essence of Rumi with his captivating, mysterious southern voice giving the entire cd a mystical quality unmatched by anyone I have heard reading poetry. Anyone who wants to drink from the fountain of Rumi and find something different each time you pour a cup of timeless words, then you must have this.
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Beautiful Rumi
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-02-22
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is the best Rumi CD I have ever heard. There is exquisite depth of feeling in the performance.
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What can you add to "I Want Burning?"
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-12
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
The title says it all. This is the opposite of cool, aloofness. This is broken open ecstacy. This elegant poetry, written centuries ago, is still fresh, evocative, poignant. The images of dancing under the night sky, of a breath on the face of your beloved, of a trail of tiny footprints evidencing the spiritual journey will stay with you. Coleman Barks' explanations add layers of depth and the musical accompaniment, heightens the urgency. At times, you can feel the universe moving around you.
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A disappointment
Rating (2)
Date: 2005-12-04
10 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
Coleman Barks may be a brilliant translator, but this CD was a disappointment, mostly because of the slip-shod music production. Something more rehearsed, with better sounds and creative energy would have been nice. The mood of the text is completely contradicted by the cheesy music. And for anyone that says, "well, I bet you couldn't do better." Try me. (I'm a music producer and Rumi enthusiast, and I have half a mind to see just what I can do. Give me a call Mr. Barks - w w w . m i n d s p e a k . c o m
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