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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.55008
EAN: 9781564558305
Format: Unabridged
ISBN: 1564558304
Label: Sounds True
Manufacturer: Sounds True
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: 2001-04
Publisher: Sounds True
Studio: Sounds True

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.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A Turning Night Of Stars
Review: 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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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Beautiful Rumi
Review: This is the best Rumi CD I have ever heard. There is exquisite depth of feeling in the performance.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: god's voice
Review: There is something surreal yet very earthy about listening to Barks read his translations of this mystical work. The simple beauty in these poems set to music or chanting in some of the verses is soul stirring.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: What can you add to "I Want Burning?"
Review: 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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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: A disappointment
Review: 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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