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Later Sufi Poetry: From the 15th to the 20th Century

Later Sufi Poetry: From the 15th to the 20th Century

Smith, Paul

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Poetry Anthologies

ISBN10: 1791741339
ISBN13: 9781791741334
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 20 2019
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.65
Height: 0.88 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
LATER SUFI POETRY From the 15th to the 20th century Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Considered the last great poet of the Classical Period (8th-15th c.) and the forerunner of what is called the 'modern period' or 'Later Sufi Poetry' was Jami. After him there were many 'great' Sufi poets writing in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Punjabi and other languages. Here is a good selection of most with biographies of the poets and 'Further Reading', like in the companion volume 'Classical Sufi Poetry'. THE POETS Jami 31, Alisher Navoi 43, 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 54, Baba Fighani 63, Pir Sultan 67, Khayali 70, Fuzuli 74, Huda'i 81, Faizi 83, Urfi 87, Qutub Shah 92, Naziri 95, Vaez Qazvini 100, Rahim 103, Mirza 106, Nef'i 118, Sa'ib 121, Dara Shikoh 124, Sarmad 129, Ghani Kashmiri 136, Nasir Ali 145, Khushal 146, Sultan Bahu 153, Ashraf Khan 156, Makhfi 159, Bedil 174, Abdul-Khadir 180, Rahman Baba 184, Khwaja Mohammad 194, Hamid 200, Niyazi 209, Wali 212, Bulleh Shah 216, Shah Latif 221, Mushtaq 228, Ali Haider 230, Sauda 233, Dard 236, Ahmad Shah 240, Shaida 246, Nazir 251, Hatef 257, Mir 263, Sachal Sarmast 273, Galib 277, Nur 'Ali Shah 283, Bibi Hayati 285, Rida 'Ali Shah 291, Muzaffar 'Ali Shah 293, Esrar Dede 294, Aatish 296, Zafar 301, Zauq 306, Ghalib 309, Momin 316, Dabir 321, Anees 322, Shefta 324, Tahirah 326, Dagh 333, Hali 341, Farid 345, Shad 347, Khusrawi 351, Iqbal 353, Inayat Khan 362, Ashgar 367, Seemab 370, Jigar 378, Huma 387, Josh 394, Khadim 398, Veysel 403, Firaq 406, Khalili 412, Nurbaksh 414, Paul 416. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept in all poems. Introduction Sufi Poetry & Forms. Large Format Paperback 7x 10 432 pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFEZ'S GHAZALS.It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafez is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.. Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran.Superb translations. 99% Hafez 1% Paul Smith. Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of English to Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafez, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in ud-din Chishti, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Hallaj, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Ghalib, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Farid, Rahman Baba, Nazir, and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, childrens books and a dozen screenplays.

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