Synopsis "Arabic & Afghan Sufi Poetry: A Daybook"
ARABIC & AFGHAN SUFI POETRY A Daybook Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Here is an enlightened Daybook of 366 inspirational poems by the greatest Arabic & Afghan Sufi poets of all time in the forms of the ruba'i, ghazal and others. THE POETS: ARABIC POETS: Hazrat Ali, Ali Ibn Husain, Rabi'a of Basra, Abu Nuwas, Dhu'l-Nun, Bayazid Bistami, Al Nuri, Junaid, Sumnun, Mansur al-Hallaj, Ibn 'Ata, Shibli, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazzali, Gilani, Abu Madyam, Suhrawadi, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn 'Arabi, Al-Busiri, Al-Shushtari, Ahmed Shawqi. AFGHAN POETS: Mirza, Khushal, Ashraf Khan, Bedil, Abdul-Kadir, Rahman Baba, Khwaja Mohammad, Hamid, Ahmad Shah, Shaida, Khalili. The correct form and meaning has been kept in all of these spiritual poems. Introduction on the Spiritual meaning of Sufi poetry and its various forms. 392 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 many 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
