Rumi/Hafiz Recordings
Give Light: The poetry of Rumi set to music
Jelaluddin Rumi, 13th Century Sufi mystic, is considered by many to be the world's greatest spiritual poet. His powerful poems on the longing of human beings for reunion with the divine, on the many-faceted mysteries of love, and of encouragement on the spiritual path, have inspired countless people for centuries.
Full Track List
- Come
- The Reed Flute's Song
- Love
- Looking for You
- I'll Meet You There
- Don't Go Back to Sleep
- Come to the Orchard
- Give Light
- In Your Light
- The Stronger Pull
- Keep Walking
- The Music
- In Praise
- One Light
- In the Garden
- What Was Said to the Rose
- The Guest House
- Today
A Divine Invitation: The poetry of Hafiz set to music
Hafiz, 14th Century Sufi mystic, is the most beloved poet of Persia. It is said that there may be some homes in Iran that do not contain the Koran, but no home is without the Divan (Collected Poems) of Hafiz. There is a tradition that on every Nourouz (New Year’s Day in Iran, which coincides with the Spring Equinox) people open Hafiz’s Divan at random and whatever poem they open to gives them a message to focus on for the year.
Full Track List
- A Divine Invitation
- The Subject Tonight
- This Place
- Fear Is the Cheapest Room
- This Flute God Carries
- Pulling Out the Chair
- The Happy Virus
- Don’t Surrender Your Loneliness
- Admit Something
- The Vegetables
- This New Tune
- When the Violin
- The Door to God
- I Am Determined
- An Old Musician
Gamble Everything for Love: The poetry of Rumi set to music
This is Laz’s second CD of his original musical settings of Rumi’s poetry. (See below for information about "Give Light," Laz’s 2007 release of his first Rumi CD.) Once again, working with distinuished poet and translator, Coleman Barks’ award-winning versions, Laz has set to music 15 classic Rumi poems. Mystical love lyrics, as well as powerful words of encouragement on the spiritual path, these poems uplift and inspire, and the music makes them even more memorable and accesible.
Full Track List
- Gamble Everything for Love
- Love Is a River
- Some Kiss We Want
- I Used to Be Shy
- Two Insomnias
- Stay Together, Friends
- Work
- The Lame Goat
- The Clear Bead
- Only Breath
- Sing Loud!
- On the Day I Die
- Hidden Instruments
- This We Have Now
- Grace
Hafiz & Mystical Companions: The poetry of Hafiz, Rumi, Rabia, Mira, and Kabir rendered into song
This is the fourth CD in Laz’s series of Rumi / Hafiz poems set to music. Working from Daniel Ladinsky’s four books of translations (The Gift, I Heard God Laughing, The Subject Tonight Is Love, and Love Poems From God) Laz has rendered into song poems by Hafiz, Rumi, Rabia, Mira and Kabir — poet saints of the ancient East. These are timeless poems that transcend cultures and religions, and they continue to inspire and guide people all over the world, 500-1200 years after they were written.
Full Track List
- A Great Need
- It Happens All the Time in Heaven
- Looking for God
- I Got Kin
- The God Who Only Knows Four Words
- And for No Reason
- Ten Thousand Idiots
- Kabir Blues
- No More Leaving
- Isn’t That Something?
- To Build a Swing
- A Productive Day
- A Hole in a Flute
- Our Union
- The Way They Held Each Other
- Just Rest
- It Acts Like Love
- And Love Says
Rumi & Mystical Companions: The poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Lalleshwari and Sanai rendered into song
This is the fifth CD in Laz’s series of Rumi / Hafiz poems set to music. Working with the magnificent translations of the much-celebrated poet Coleman Barks, Laz has rendered into song poems by Rumi, Hafiz, Lalleshwari and Sanai—poet saints of the ancient East. These are timeless poems that transcend cultures and religions, and they continue to inspire and guide people all over the world, 500-900 years after they were written.
Full Track List
- What a Fine Song
- Returning — Hafiz
- Looking Into the Creek
- The Drum of Nothing
- One Whole Heart
- Sleep On
- Forgetful One, Get Up! — Lalla
- Inside the Great Mystery
- Doorsill
- Empty
- The Love-Hawk
- The Puzzle — Sanai
- What Fear of Loss
- Self Inside Self — Lalla
- Lo, I Am with You Always