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Sauda... Love & Satrical Poems: A Selection (Large Print Edition)

Sauda... Love & Satrical Poems: A Selection (Large Print Edition)

Smith, Paul
Sauda

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1659289157
ISBN13: 9781659289152
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 22 2020
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.46 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
SAUDA... LOVE & SATIRICAL POEMS A Selection Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Sauda's birthplace was in Delhi in 1713. His father had arrived from Kabul and settled there for business reasons. His poetic talents were obvious at an early age and were developed under his teacher of poetry, Shah Hatim. He first composed in Persian and later switched to Urdu and gained great success. He is famous for his satires in the form of qasida's and masnavis, His Sufi and love poems can be found scattered throughout his rubai's and ghazals. Sauda's poetry has been called a 'voice of exultation'. Introduction: His Life, Times & Poetry; Forms of Poetry used; On the Urdu Language & Poetry. Selected Bibliography. Correct rhyme-structure is kept and meaning of these beautiful, powerful, and often satirical poems. This is the largest translation in English. Appendix on his life, times, poetry. Large Print (16pt) & Format (7 x 10) Pages 216. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, Itaqi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Jigar and many others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, 12 screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa Published by New Humanity Books

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