“Haleh Liza Gafori’s ecstatic and piercing translation has lifted a veil, bringing Rumi closer into the quick of our present. Each poem is a divine invitation. Free your mind. Drown in love.”
– V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Haleh Liza Gafori is a translator, vocalist, poet, and educator born in New York City of Iranian descent. Her latest work, is a translation of Rumi poems entitled Gold. I first heard one of her translations of Rumi sitting around a campfire on a Sunday morning in Patagonia, Arizona. I was bit by the passion and this conversation does not disappoint. Haleh and I converse about being raised in a family that celebrates poetry, how a translator’s work is never done alone, what clergy of today might learn from Rumi’s transformation, translating as a spiritual practice, and much more.
Visit Haleh at halehliza.com | @halehliza
Episode Show Notes
Works by Haleh Liza Gafori
- Gold (Book)
- Morning (Music)
- Paratrooper (Music)
- No Ceiling (Music)
- Entire music listing
Resources & People Mentioned
Drink Recommendation
- Aragh eh gol
Photo by Matt Kilmer
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