CONCENTRIC MEDIA
The Work of DOROTHY FADIMAN
OPEN SECRET
The Poetry of Rumi
Audio CD
Dorothy's Making of
Many years ago, someone read a poem to me that pierced
my heart. It was this: "The Clear Bead at the Center changes everything. There are no edges to my loving now. I've heard it said, there's a window that opens from one mind to another.
But if there is no wall there is no window, and if there is no window, there is no need for a latch."
I decided to find the author of that poem, and see if we could work together to create an audiotape of this and some of his other RUMI poems. Coleman Barks and I met and co-created the audio version of OPEN SECRET.
Synopsis
OPEN SECRET: The poems of the 13th Century Sufi Master Rumi, the original Whirling Dervish, read by the poet and foremost interpreter of Rumi's poetry, Coleman Barks in collaboration with Dorothy Fadiman. Original music performed on flute, violin, and tamboura is interwoven with the readings. Vocal and musical score produced by Dorothy Fadiman.
The Life of RUMI
Jalaluddin Rumi was born in Afghanistan (1207) to a family of scholars and theologians. They fled the Mongul invasions, settling in Turkey, where Rumi succeeded his father as head of the Sufi dervish learning community. The direction
of his life changed dramatically when he met Shams of Tabriz, the man who became his intimate friend and inspiration. With Shams, he discovered the "Inner Friend,"
a way of being with God in companionship. Out of Rumi's relationship with Shams, out of his love-joy-longing, came the poetry, the surrender that continues to ignite and unite lives and the turning (Rumi became the original "Whirling Dervish"). When Rumi died in 1273, devotees of many faiths came to his funeral. He consciously worked to dissolve the barriers between religious creeds. "I go
to the Church,
the Synagogue and the Mosque...I see only one altar." He continues to be
rediscovered by sympathetic souls from every culture.
These translations are drawn from two books of Rumi's poetry:
OPEN SECRET: Versions of RUMI (Threshhold Books)
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WE ARE THREE (Maypop Books)
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Credits
Producer: Dorothy Fadiman
Assistant Producer: Sharon Bergeron
Translation: Coleman Barks, John Moyne
Music: Flute - Jan Lovett-Keen
Violin - Shams Kairys
Tamboura - Grant Rudolph
Recording Engineer: Bruce Kaphan
Mix Consultant: Michael Callahan
Audio
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PART ONE (7:01)
- 1. Today, like every other day . . . (Barks)
- 2. Dissolver of sugar . . . (Fadiman)
- 3. Don't grieve . . . (Barks)
- 4. The minute I heard my first love story . . . (Fadiman)
- 5. They try to say what you are . . . (Barks)
PART TWO (5:10)
- 6. Sometimes I forget completely . . . (Barks)
- 7. Does the sunset . . . (Fadiman)
- 8. It's the old rule . . . (Barks)
- 9. Friend, our closeness is this . . .(Barks)
- 10. During the day I was singing with you . . (Fadiman)
PART THREE (7:31)
- 11. What is the real connection between people? (Barks)
- 12. There is a light seed grain inside . . . (Barks)
- 13.Someone who goes with half a loaf of bread (Fadiman)
- 14. What does not exist looks so handsome . . . (Barks)
- 15. Come to the orchard in spring . . . (Barks)
PART FOUR (8:28)
- 16. Since we've seen each other . . . (Fadiman)
- 17. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you (Barks)
- 18. Learn about your inner self . . . (Barks)
- 19. A mouse and a frog meet every morning . . . (Barks)
- 20. The Sufi opens his hands to the universe . (Fadiman)
PART FIVE (11:00)
- 21. Your grief of what you've lost . . . (Barks)
- 22. A chickpea leaps . . . (Barks)
- 23. One dervish says to another . . . (Fadiman)
- 24. Hallaj said what he said . . . (Barks)
- 25. Lovers think they're looking for each other (Fadiman)
PART SIX (7:20)
- 26. What I want is to see your face . . . (Barks)
- 27. At night we fall into each other . . . (Fadiman)
- 28. Imagine the time . . . (Barks)
- 29. Don't go anywhere without me . . . (Fadiman)