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The Ruba'iyat: A World Anthology: Court, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison and Social Poetry in the Ruba?i form, from the 9th

The Ruba'iyat: A World Anthology: Court, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison and Social Poetry in the Ruba?i form, from the 9th

Smith, Paul
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Poetry Anthologies

ISBN10: 1479339199
ISBN13: 9781479339198
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 1 2012
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE RUBA'IYAT A World Anthology Court, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison and Social Poetry in the Ruba'i form from the 9th to the 20th century from the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu. Translations & Introduction Paul Smith Introduction: A chapter on the ruba'i. With each selection of a particular poet is a biography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, often mystical poems. THE POETS: Hanzalah, Mansur al-Hallaj, Shibli, Abu Shakur, Shahid, Rudaki, Rabi'a Balkhi, Daqiqi, Umarah, Firdausi, Baba Tahir, Farrukhi, Asjadi, Unsuri, Abu Said, Ibn Sina, Baba Kuhi, Azraqi, Qatran, Ansari, Al-Ghazali, Mas'ud Sad, Mu'izzi, Hamadani, Khayyam, Sana'i, Sabir, Mahsati, Jabali, Vatvat, Anvari, Khaqani, Zahir, Nizami, Ruzbihan, Baghdadi, 'Attar, Auhad ud-din Kermani, Kamal ad-din, Hamavi, Baba Afzal, Rumi, Imami, Hamgar, Sadi, 'Iraqi, Sultan Valad, Humam, Amir Khusraw, Simnani, Ibn Yamin, Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Salman, Hafiz, Ruh Attar, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Jahan Khatun, Shah Shuja, Kamal, Maghribi, Bushaq, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'tmatu'llah, Nesimi, Jami, Nejati, Baba Fighani, Babur, Humayan, Kamran, Fuzuli, Ghazali, Kahi, Akbar, Urfi, Hayati, Ulfati, Qutub Shah, Haleti, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sa'ib, Nasir Ali, Makhfi, Nabi, Bedil, Nedim, Mushtaq, Sauda, Dard, Esrar Dede, Nishat, Hatif, Mir, Aatish, Zauq, Ghalib, Momin, Dabir, Anees, Hali, Akbar Allahbadi, Shad, Iqbal, Mehroom, Firaq, Josh, Khalili, Rahi, Faiz, Nurbaksh. Pages 382.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S VERSION 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 works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart.Paul Smith is a poet, author and acclaimed translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa

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