Ghazals of 'Attar: Translation & Introduction Paul Smith

Author:   Paul Smith ,  New Humanity Books
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Pages:   594
Publication Date:   13 April 2019
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"GHAZALS OF 'ATTAR Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epic masnavi form, his most famous being The Book of God and The Conference of the Birds. He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the ghazal form that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later. 'Attar's powerful, honest and controversial ghazals remain as fresh today as they always were. With 'Attar the image of the 'rend'... the drunken debauchee, the thief of love, the carefree outsider, the honest scallywag, appears as the poet, the lover... the voice of the ghazal. The way of the malamati, or the path of 'no blame' has now stepped onto the stage of the play of the history of the ghazal and the story of the lover and beloved, the wine and the intoxicated, the Master and the devotee... will never be the same again! Here for the first time is a large selection of over 500 of his ghazals in the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of these immortal poems. Introduction on his Life & Times and Poetry and an essay on Sufi Poetry and the Ghazal. Selected Bibliography & Glossary. 592 pages. Large print (14 pt) & Large Format (7"" x 10""). COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION 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. ""Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith."" Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian 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 (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu, Hindi and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Ibn al-Farid, Nesimi, Amir Khusrau and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.amazon.com/author/smithpa NEW HUMANITY BOOKS"

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Author:   Paul Smith ,  New Humanity Books
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.016kg
ISBN:  

9781093792546


ISBN 10:   109379254
Pages:   594
Publication Date:   13 April 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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