Daniel Ladinsky is an American poet and interpreter of mystical poetry, born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. His books include Darling, I Love You!, The Gift, The Purity of Desire, A Year with Hafiz, I Heard God Laughing, and The Subject Tonight is Love, as well as a collection of translations of poems by twelve mystics and saints, Love Poems from God. For six years he made his home in western India, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor and lived with the family of Meher Baba, a noted Spiritual Master. Daniel Ladinsky was born and raised in the Midwest. 644 likes. the poetry of the great fourteenth-century Sufi poet Hafiz, who, according to Coleman Barks, is “one of the rare mysteries of world literature.”

Daniel Ladinsky. Acclaimed poet Daniel Ladinsky has made it his life's work to create modern, inspired translations of the world's most profound spiritual poetry. Daniel Ladinsky.
Daniel Ladinsky is an acclaimed poet and translator of mystical poetry. Hafiz; Ladinsky, Daniel [Translator]; Ladinsky, Daniel [Introduction]; Published by Penguin Books (2011) ISBN 10: 0143117548 ISBN 13: 9780143117544 Daniel Ladinsky was born in 1948 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. I was also very disappointed to find that the poems I loved were not by Hafiz but by Daniel Ladinsky who believes he was channeling Hafiz. I have since read many comments by Persian people – Hafiz is revered in Iran – who believe that Ladinsky’s pretend translations are deeply disrespectful to their culture and yet another sign of the arrogance and selfishness of Western culture.

Through Ladinsky's translations, Hafiz's voice comes alive across the centuries, singing his timeless message of love. A heartwarming collection of short verse celebrating our beloved pets and the wonder of life Daniel Ladinsky is the internationally acclaimed poet and translator known for his inspired, contemporary versions of works by Hafiz, Rumi, St. Francis of Assisi, and poet-saints East and West. Product Information.

For six years he made his home in a spiritual community 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.