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DESCRIPTION:Gafori will lecture and recite Rumi's poetry from her translati
 on\, Gold. About her work translating Rumi\, she notes\, “The languages of 
 Farsi and English possess quite different poetic resources and habits. In E
 nglish\, it is impossible to reproduce the rich interplay of sound and rhym
 e (internal as well as terminal) and the wordplay that characterize and eve
 n drive Rumi’s poems. Meanwhile\, the tropes\, abstractions\, and hyperbole
  that are so abundant in Persian poetry contrast with the spareness and con
 creteness characteristic of poetry in English\, especially in the modern tr
 adition. I have sought to honor the demands of contemporary American poetry
  and conjure its music while\, I hope\, carrying over the whirling movement
  and leaping progression of thought and imagery in Rumi’s poetry… I have ch
 osen poems that seem to me beautiful\, meaningful\, and central to Rumi’s v
 ision\, poems that I felt I could successfully translate and that speak to 
 our times.”\n\nHaleh Liza Gafori is a translator\, vocalist\, poet\, and co
 mposer born in NYC of Persian descent. Her acclaimed book\, Gold (New York 
 Review Books Classics/Penguin Random House\, 2022)\, features her translati
 ons of poems by Rumi\, the 13th century sage and mystic. Supported by a gra
 nt from the New York State Council on the Arts\, Gafori has created a cross
 -media performance piece based on the book\, weaving translations\, origina
 l text\, and musical compositions sung in Persian and English. Gafori’s wor
 k has been published by Columbia University Press\, Harvard Review\, Litera
 ry Hub\, Hyperallergic\, The Marginalian\, and elsewhere. She has presented
  lectures\, workshops\, and performance pieces at universities and festival
 s across the country and abroad\, including Stanford University\, Swarthmor
 e College\, Lincoln Center\, the New York Public Library\, and Bradford Lit
 erary Fest.
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LOCATION:Florence Moore Hall\, Paloma Lounge (Main Lounge)
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Reading: Haleh Liza Gafori (Vocalist\, Poet\, Educator)
  "Rumi"
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URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/lecture_haleh_liza_gafori_vocalist_po
 et_educator_rumi_reading_and_lecture
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