A Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems
Ameen Rihani
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This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the American public of the early 1920's to the environment in which he grew up, embellishing the poems with folklore and fairy tale romance. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 38 min)
Chapters
The Towers and the Night | 1:15 | Read by Malachy Orozco |
The End and the Beginning | 1:07 | Read by Malachy Orozco |
The Cataclysm | 1:56 | Read by Malachy Orozco |
Reflections | 1:17 | Read by Malachy Orozco |
The Song of Siva | 1:39 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Fruits of Death | 1:01 | Read by BeeBright |
Constantinople | 2:19 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Andalusia | 4:32 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
In the Palm Groves of Memphis | 8:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Prayer in the Desert | 2:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Water and Flowers | 1:18 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
The Song of Rain | 1:45 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
The House of Night | 2:59 | Read by Phil Schempf |
After Reading King Lear | 1:24 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Wanderer | 2:53 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Lebanus | 8:03 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Pagan | 2:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Lost Disciple | 2:26 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
From the Arabic | 1:24 | Read by Stefan Von Blon |
She Went out Singing | 1:11 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Hanem | 2:10 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
O Freedom | 2:20 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Road of Make-Believe | 2:29 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Renunciation | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
A Sufi Song | 1:08 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Two Brothers | 1:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
God of the Distances, Hear Us | 6:11 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
Badruddin | 4:17 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Sufi | 2:16 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
The Fugitive | 7:36 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
A Chant of Mystics | 15:06 | Read by Josh Kibbey |