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Khayyam: Life & Poems

Khayyam: Life & Poems

Smith, Paul

Paperback

Series: Introduction to Sufi Poets, Book 26

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1499621086
ISBN13: 9781499621082
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 20 2014
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
KHAYYAM: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Omar Khayyam who died in 1132 is more famous in Iran as an astronomer and mathematician... the Sufi philosophy in only some his ruba'is meant his poems were never really popular in his homeland, but after the work of FitzGerald the west fell in love with him. Included in the Introduction: The Life and Times & Poems of Omar Khayyam by R.A. Nicholson and the Form and Function & History of the ruba'i and a chapter on Sufis & Dervishes, Their Art & Use of Poetry. Selected bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, mystical four-line poems. 90 pages. Introduction to Sufi Poets Series Life & Poems of the following Sufi poets, Translations & Introductions: Paul Smith AMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, AL-MA'ARRI, 'ATTAR, ABU SA'ID, AUHAD UD-DIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, HAFIZ, IBN 'ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN AL-FARID, IQBAL, 'IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, KAMAL AD-DIN, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, MU'IN UD-DIN CHISHTI, NAZIR AKBARABADI, NESIMI, NIZAMI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RAHMAN BABA, RUMI, SANA'I, SADI, SARMAD, SHABISTARI, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, YUNUS EMRE, EARLY ARABIC SUFI POETS, EARLY PERSIAN SUFI POETS, URDU SUFI POETS, TURKISH SUFI POETS, AFGHAN SUFI POETS 90 pages each. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 150 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Baba Farid, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Bulleh Shah and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa

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