Where Is the Door to the Tavern?

Poet/Lyricist: 

Hafiz (14th c.) translated by Daniel Ladinsky

A wild setting of a selection from the anthology "The Gift”— adaptations/interpretations of Sufi poet Hafiz, by Daniel Ladinsky. Hafiz often wrote of being intoxicated by God, and in this text, anything is a potential "door to God." This rowdy, rhythmic celebration, accompanied by double bass and pitched water-filled bottles was most definitely inspired by blowing across the mouths of longnecks while imbibing at my local brewpub!

Level: 

Mod-Advanced
Item Voicing/Instrumentation Duration Price Audio View Score Quantity
JS-022 digital purchase only 1:30 N/A https://www.joanszymko.com/sites/default/files/VMP022Where%20Is%20the%20Door%29.mp3

Publisher: 

Joan Szymko
Text

Where is the Door to the Tavern?

Where is the door to the tavern?
Where is the door to God?
In the sound of a barking dog
In the ring of a hammer
[In a drop of rain]
In the face of everyone I see.

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