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Read by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe & Eleanor Rushton (Unabridged: 1hr 48mins)
Featuring poems from Rumi, Mirabai, Confucius & many more.
Whilst the notion of the Mystic East and Oriental wisdom was greatly romanticised by the Victorians and others, the shadow of Colonialism has smudged the view. These great cultures are some of humanity’s earliest, their works, their art some of its most daring and most accomplished.
In these 50 poems across 50 poets we hope, at least in part, to rebalance our view of this subject. We begin in the 6th century BC and travel with a poet’s words and eyes across India, China, Persia and many other places in between. The geography and culture may shift to different hues but the flavours, notions, musings and truths of these works bring both simplicity, majesty and beauty to these lands and peoples.
Let us journey with poets such as Lao Tzu, Rumi, Mirabai, Gabirol and Guru Nanak on a journey to seek, to discover and find meaning in their verse that is so relevant to our lives today.
In this compilation -
1 - Fifty Shades of the Mystic East - An Introduction |
2 - Thiruppavi (An Extract) by Andal |
3 - An Ocean Without Shore by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi |
4 - All Pervading Consciousness by Farid ud-Din Attar |
5 - Because Thou Art by Sri Aurobindo |
6 - Kalam - I by Sultan Bahu |
7 - If You Are Seeking Allah by Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai |
8 - Shikshashtakam by Chaitanya |
9 - The Value of Friendship by Confucius |
10 - Amrutanubhav (An Extract) by Dnyaneshwar |
11 - The Mockingbird by Dr Fu |
12 - The Song of Chess by Abraham Ibn Ezra |
13 - Beauty of Truth by Khwaja Ghulam Farid |
14 - The Prelude to Shah-Nameh (The Book of Kings) by Ferdowsi |
15 - A Song of Redemption by Solomon Ibn Gabirol |
16 - Navada Bhakti in an Untainted Heart by Gangasati |
17 - The Walled Garden by Sanai Ghaznavi |
18 - Song of the Flower by Khalil Gibran |
19 - The Lute Will Beg by Hafiz |
20 - Song of Loneliness by Jehudah Halevi |
21 - I Do Not Cease Swimming by Mansur Al Hallaj |
22 - The Power of the Pen by Samuel HaNagid |
23 - The Cloud on the Mountain by Alama Iqbal |
24 - Acceptance by Janabai |
25 - The Guest Is Inside You and Also Inside Me by Kabir |
26 - Tears Ere Thy Death by Khansa |
27 - All Things Pass by Lao Tzu |
28 - Vakh - If in the Flux of Time by Lal Ded |
29 - Alone Looking at the Mountain by Li Po |
30 - They All Err by Al-Ma'arri |
31 - Would a Circling Surface Vulture by Akka Mahadevi |
32 - Pointless It Is to Lament by Narsinh Mehta |
33 - Go To That Impenetrable Realm by Mirabai |
34 - The True Name is Like Sandalwood by Namdev |
35 - Tiruvasiriyam by Nammalvar |
36 - Dhanasri Measure by Guru Nanak |
37 - Dream Fable by Rabia al Basri |
38 - Where Shall I Go by Ramananda |
39 - The Name Alone Is the Truth by Ravidas |
40 - Only Breath by Jalaluddin Rumi |
41 - One Body by Saadi |
42 - His Ears Ringeth by Sambandar |
43 - Drive Me Out of My Mind by Ramprasad Sen |
44 - Who Attains the Secret of Unity. From the Mystic Rose Garden by Mahmud Shabistari |
45 - Neither Hindu Nor Muslim by Bulleh Shah |
46 - A Life Without Love by Shams Tabrizi |
47 - The Journey by Tagore |
48 - The Secret of Peace by Tukaram |
49 - Hanuman Chalisa by Tulsidas |
50 - On the Stork Tower by Wang Zhihuan |
51 - Old Lines and New Songs by Wu Zao |