| YUNUS EMRE - Ghazals: ?I came from the eternal, clothed myself in flesh, took the name Yunus.? Contributor(s): Smith, Paul (Translator), Emre, Yunus (Author) |
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ISBN: 1720831742 ISBN-13: 9781720831747 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 7" W x 10" (0.98 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: YUNUS EMRE... Ghazals 'I came from the eternal, clothed myself in flesh, took the name Yunus.' Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Yunus Emre (d. 1320) is considered one of the most important Turkish poets having a great influence on Turkish literature from his own time until today. His poems concern divine love as well as human love of the Divine as God and the Perfect Master, Beloved, Friend and human destiny and weakness. Little is known of his life other than he became a Sufi dervish Perfect Master (Qutub). A contemporary of Rumi, it is told the two great souls met: Rumi asked Yunus what he thought of his huge work, the Mesnevi. Yunus said, "Excellent But I would have done it differently." Surprised, Rumi asked how. Yunus replied, "I'd have written, 'I came from the eternal, clothed myself in flesh, took the name Yunus.'" This illustrates his simple approach that has made him loved by many. Here is the largest selection of his poems translated into English in the form of the ghazal that he often used. The rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these insightful, mystical poems. Introduction on his Life & Times and Form and History & Function of the Ghazal on Sufism & Poetry, Turkish Poetry, Turkish Language, Bibliography. Large Format, 355 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Seemab and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, plays and 12 screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa |