ɪn ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z, ˌʌndɚ ðə ɡˈaɪdəns ʌv dʒˌɛsɐwˈɑːlə, lædˈɪnski stˈɑːɹɾᵻd wˈɜːkɪŋ ˌɔn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ɹˈɛndɚɹɪŋz ʌv pˈoʊᵻmz ʌv hˈæfɪz, ɐ fˈoːɹtiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi pˈɜːʒən mˈɪstɪk pˈoʊɪt.
In early 1990s, under the guidance of Jessawala, Ladinsky started working on English renderings of poems of Hafiz, a 14th-century Persian mystic poet.