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SUFI LOVE POETRY An Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: Sufis: Their Art and Use of Poetry... The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu & English Sufi Love Poetry... Glossary. THE POETS...Majnun, Rabi'a of Basra, Dhu'l-Nun, Bayazid Bistami, Al Nuri, Junaid, Sumnun, Mansur Hallaj, Ibn 'Ata, Rudaki, Shibli, Baba Tahir, Abu Said, Baba Kuhi, Ansari, Al-Ghazzali, Hamadani, Sana'i, Gilani, Mahsati, Khaqani, Mu'in, Suhrawadi, Nizami, Ruzbiha, Baghdadi, 'Attar, Auhad-ud-din Kermani, Kamal ud-din, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn 'Arabi, Baba Farid, Hamavi, Baba Afzal, Rumi, Imami, Sadi, 'Iraqi, Sultan Vala, Humam, Yunus Emre, Shabistari, Amir Khusrau, Hasan Dihlavi, Simnani, Auhadi, Khaju, Obeyd Zakan, Emad, Lalla Ded, Hafiz, Jahan Khatun, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Junaid Shirazi, Ahmedi, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Kamal, Maghribi, Nesimi, Sheykhi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matu'llah, Shah Da'i, Kabir, Jami, Baba Fighani, Pir Sultan, Khayali, Fuzuli, Urfi, Qutub Shah, Mirza, Nef'i, Sa'ib, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Khushal, Sultan Bahu, Ashraf Khan, Makhfi, Bedil, Abdul-Khadir, Rahman Baba, Khwaja Mohammad, Hamid, Wali, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Mushtaq, Ali Haider, Sauda, Dard, Ahmad Shah, Shaida, Nazir Akbarabadi, Hatif, Mir, Sachal Sarmast, Galib, Bibi Hayati, Rida 'Ali Shah, Esrar Dede, Aatish, Tahirah, Farid, Shad, Khusrawi, Iqbal, Inayat Khan, Ashgar, Jigar, Khadim, Huma, Veysel, Firaq, Josh, Paul. Pages 560. 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. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all." 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 is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Bulleh Shah, Ansari, Jami, Mu'in, Bedil, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa New Humanity Books
- | Author: Paul Smith
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Sep 02, 2013
- | Number of Pages: 624 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 149233555X
- | ISBN-13: 9781492335559
