Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems

LibriVox · Audiobook · 31 episodes

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

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Episodes

The Towers and the Night

Episode 1 · 1:15
The End and the Beginning

Episode 2 · 1:07
The Cataclysm

Episode 3 · 1:56
Reflections

Episode 4 · 1:17
The Song of Siva

Episode 5 · 1:39
The Fruits of Death

Episode 6 · 1:01
Constantinople

Episode 7 · 2:19
Andalusia

Episode 8 · 4:32
In the Palm Groves of Memphis

Episode 9 · 8:59
Prayer in the Desert

Episode 10 · 2:18
Water and Flowers

Episode 11 · 1:18
The Song of Rain

Episode 12 · 1:45
The House of Night

Episode 13 · 2:59
After Reading King Lear

Episode 14 · 1:24
The Wanderer

Episode 15 · 2:53
Lebanus

Episode 16 · 8:03
The Pagan

Episode 17 · 2:18
The Lost Disciple

Episode 18 · 2:26
From the Arabic

Episode 19 · 1:24
She Went out Singing

Episode 20 · 1:11
Hanem

Episode 21 · 2:10
O Freedom

Episode 22 · 2:20
The Road of Make-Believe

Episode 23 · 2:29
Renunciation

Episode 24 · 1:05
A Sufi Song

Episode 25 · 1:08
The Two Brothers

Episode 26 · 1:45
God of the Distances, Hear Us

Episode 27 · 6:11
Badruddin

Episode 28 · 4:17
The Sufi

Episode 29 · 2:16
The Fugitive

Episode 30 · 7:36
A Chant of Mystics

Episode 31 · 15:06