| A Year with Sufi Poetry Contributor(s): Smith, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1983448745 ISBN-13: 9781983448744 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.28 lbs) 396 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A YEAR WITH SUFI POETRY Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith This is a Daybook of Sufi and Dervish Poetry in the Ruba'i form, from the Arabic, Persian, Turkish & Urdu from Rudaki to Modern Times. 366 inspirational and spiritually helpful and beautiful poems by the greatest Sufi poets of all time including Rudaki, Mansur Hallaj, Shibli, Baba Tahir, Abu Said, Ibn Sina, Baba Kuhi, Ansari, Al-Ghazali, Hamadani, Khayyam, Sana'i, Mahsati, Khaqani, Nizami, Ruzbihan, Baghdadi, 'Attar, Auhad-ud-din Kermani, Kamal ad-din, Hamavi, Baba Afzal, Rumi, Imami, Sadi, 'Iraqi, Humam, Amir Khusrau, Simnani, Ibn Yamin, Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Hafiz, Ruh Attar, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Jahan Khatun, Maghribi, Nesimi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matullah, Jami, Baba Fighani, Fuzuli, Ghazali, Urfi, Qutub Shah, Haleti, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sa'ib, Makhfi, Bedil, Mushtaq, Sauda, Esrar Dede, Hatif, Mir, Aatish, Zauq, Dabir, Anees, Hali, Shad, Iqbal, Khalili, Rahi, Firaq, Josh, Nurbakhsh, Paul. Sufis & Dervishes, Their Art & Use of Poetry, The Form & Function of the Ruba'i. Pages 390. 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. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of English to Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Mansur Hallaj, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Lalla Ded, Mu'in, Ghalib and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa |