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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Sufi & Dervish Ruba'iyat (14th - 20th century) A Daybook

Sufi & Dervish Ruba'iyat (14th - 20th century) A Daybook

Smith, Paul

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Poetry Anthologies

ISBN10: 1482615339
ISBN13: 9781482615333
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 26 2013
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.01 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
SUFI & DERVISH RUBA'IYAT (14thth - 20th century) A Daybook Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Here is an enlightened Daybook of 366 inspirational poems in the form of the ruba'i by the greatest Sufi & Dervish poets and Spiritual Masters from the 14th to the 20th century. THE POETS: Hafiz, Ruh Attar, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Jahan Khatun, Kamal, Maghribi, Nesimi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matullah, Jami, Baba Fighani, Fuzuli, Ghazali, Urfi, Qutub Shah, Haleti, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sa'ib, Nasir Ali, Makhfi, Bedil, Mushtaq, Sauda, Dard, Esrar Dede, Hatif, Mir, Aatish, Zauq, Dabir, Anees, Hali, Shad, Iqbal, Mehroom, Khalili, Nurbakhsh, Paul. Introduction is on Sufi Poetry and on the form & function of the ruba'i. 394 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. 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 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 is a poet, author and translator of over 80 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, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Lalla Ded, Baba Farid, Bulleh Shah, Jami and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa

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