ˈeɪ.zˈiː. fˈɔːɹmənz ɹᵻvjˈuː ʌvðə ɡˈɪft: pˈoʊᵻmz fɹʌm hˈæfɪz ðə ɡɹˈeɪt sˈuːfi mˈæstɚɹˌuːɹaɪɾɪŋ hˈeɪfɛz: ɹˌiːθˈiəɹaɪzɪŋ ʌntɹænslˌeɪɾəbˈɪlᵻɾi ɪn pˈɜːʒən pˈoʊɪtɹi ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl baɪ ˈɛɹiə fˈæni kɹˈɪstəfɚ ʃˈækəl dᵻskɹˈaɪbz ðə ɡˈɪft æz "nˌɑːt sˈoʊ mˌʌtʃ ɐ pˈæɹəfɹˌeɪz æz ɐ pˈæɹədi ʌvðə wˈʌndɹəsli ɹˈɔːt stˈaɪl ʌvðə ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst mˈæstɚɹ ʌv pˈɜːʒən ˈɑːɹtpˈoʊɪtɹi" ænd ˈɛɹiə fˈæni dᵻskɹˈaɪbz hɪz kˌɑːntɹɪbjˈuːʃən ðˈʌsli "lædˈɪnski dʌznˌɑːt nˈoʊ pˈɜːʒən wˌaɪl hɪz pˈoʊᵻmz bˈɛɹ lˈɪɾəl ɔːɹ nˈoʊ ɹᵻzˈɛmbləns tə wʌt hˈeɪfɛz hɐz kəmpˈoʊzd"
A.Z. Foreman's review of The Gift: Poems from Hafiz the great Sufi Master'Rewriting Hafez: Re-theorizing Untranslatability in Persian Poetry' article by Aria Fani Christopher Shackle describes The Gift as "not so much a paraphrase as a parody of the wondrously wrought style of the greatest master of Persian art-poetry" and Aria Fani describes his contribution thusly "Ladinsky does not know Persian while his poems bear little or no resemblance to what Hafez has composed"