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ANOTHER FOUR GREAT CLASSIC SUFI MASTER POETS Amir Khusrau, Ibn Yamin, Hafiz & Nesimi SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The great Sufi Perfect Master Poets of the Classic Age (13th-15th century) were straightforward and inspiring in the poetic forms of the ghazal, ruba'i, qasida and masnavi in expressing their love for the Divine Beloved and their contempt for this world and its illusions and explaining the spiritual path. Here are hundreds of beautiful poems by them in the correct form and meaning and biographies about them. Amir Khusrau (1253-1324), the 'Parrot of India' was a Master musician who invented the sitar. He became God-realized. He rebelled against narrow spirituality and helped redefine the Sufi way. He was a influence on Hafiz. Ibn Yamin (1286-1367). He was a master of the form of the qit'a and used it to express spiritual wisdom. Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-139o) became a Perfect Master (Qutub). His Divan shows he composed in nearly all forms. Nesimi (1369-1417) is one of the greatest mystical poets of the late 14th and early 15th centuries and one of the most prominent early masters in Turkish/Azerbaijani literary history. Introduction: Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry & various poetic forms they used. Pages 636.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. 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 130 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, Khayyam, and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa Published by New Humanity Books
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Author: Paul Smith (University of Hertfordshire UK)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.957kg
ISBN: 9781492920021
ISBN 10: 1492920029
Pages: 664
Publication Date: 04 October 2013
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Format: Paperback
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Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 130 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, Khayyam, and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays.
