| ZARATHUSHTRA (ZOROASTER) First Perfect Master/Poet after Adam of the Sufis SELECTED POEMS (GATHAS): (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Contributor(s): Zoroaster (Author), Smith, Paul (Translator), Zarathushtra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1075079829 ISBN-13: 9781075079825 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.71 lbs) 156 pages |
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| Publisher Description: ZARATHUSHTRA (ZOROASTER) First Perfect Master/Poet after Adam of the Sufis SELECTED POEMS (GATHAS) (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation and Introduction by Paul Smith from the Original by D.J. Irani Introduction by Rabindranath Tagore The Perfect Master and Prophet and one of the first poets Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) lived approx. 7000 B.C. and through his teaching of 'Good words, good thoughts, good deeds' brought in his poems that are similar in form to ruba'is a revelation and dispensation of Divinity. His teaching and poetry have influenced most religions that followed and his poems/songs were a great influence on many of the Sufi poets, including Rumi. Here are 115 of his profound, simple, inspiring poems selected from the Gathas. Large Print (18pt) & Large Format ("8 x 10") Edition. 150 pages. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages, including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Amir Khusrau, Sarmad and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa |