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The SUFI RUBA'IYAT of the Perfect Master (Qutub) RUMI

The SUFI RUBA'IYAT of the Perfect Master (Qutub) RUMI

Smith, Paul
Rumi

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798334620193
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 31 2024
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.42
Height: 0.77 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The SUFI RUBA'IYAT of the Perfect Master (Qutub) RUMI Correct Rhyming Translation, Introduction, Notes Paul Smith. Here are 328 wonderful ruba'is of the great Sufi Spiritual Master Poet of the 13thcentury, who has become today the most popular poet in the world, Jalal ud-din Rumi. They are powerful, spiritual and full of joy, bliss and understanding. Unlike those of Omar Khayyam's these are poems composed by a soul before and after gaining God-realization. Included in the Introduction is the Life & Times of Rumi, a history of the poetic form of the ruba'i and translated examples by its greatest exponents. Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and the beauty and meaning of these immortal. beautiful, spiritual four-line poems. To be lover and dervish at the same time is kingly...sorrow of love is a treasure that one cannot see: with my hands the heart's treasure I ruined completely...I knew in ruins, treasure would be found, by me. Large Format (7 x 10) Pages 370. 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. I have never seen such a good translation and I would like to write a book in Farsi and introduce his Introduction to Iranians. B. Khorramshai, Academy of Philosophy, Tehran. Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith. Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. I was very impressed with the beauty of these books. Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. 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 from 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, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Iqbal, Ghalib and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

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