Publisher's Synopsis
A TREASURY OF LESSER-KNOWN GREAT SUFI POETS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu Sufi & Dervish Poetry... 7 THE POETS: Hazrat Ali 23, Ali Ibn Husain 26, Dhu'l-Nun 28, Bayazid Bistami 43, Al Nuri 47, Junaid 57, Sumnun 62, Ibn 'Ata 68, Shibli 74, Gilani 84, Baba Kuhi 89, Hamadani 93, Athir 102, Abu Maydan 1o5, Suhrawardi 112, Ruzbihan 120, Hamavi 128, Baghdadi 140, Al-Shushtari 149, Imami 154, Sultan Valad 159, Humam 170, Hasan Dihlavi 182, Simnani 201, Auhadi 214, Khaju 223, Emad 232, Ruh Attar 248, Haydar 257, Junaid Shirazi 270, Ahmedi 276, Kadi Burhan-ud-din 280, Kamal 292, Maghribi 298, Suleyman Chelebi 322, Sheykhi 332, Kasim Anwar 336, Shah Da'i 346, Pir Sultan 358, Khayali 365, Fuzuli 371, Ghazali 387, Huda'i 395, Urfi 399, Rahim 406, Qutub Shah 413, Tausani 419, Mirza 421, Nef'i 442, Mulla Shah 447, Sa'ib 458, Sultan Bahu 461, Khwaja Mohammad 476, Hamid 491, Niyazi 513, Wali 520, Mushtaq 529, Ali Haider 542, Sauda 551, Dard 561, Ahmad Shah 572, Shaida 580, Hatif 590, Mir 605, Sachal Sarmast 628, Galib 640, Nur 'Ali Shah 653, Bibi Hayati 659, Rida 'Ali Shah 673, Muzaffar 'Ali Shah 678, Esrar Dede 681, Aatish 687, Zauq 699, Dabir 706, Anees 713, Farid 718, Shad 724, Khusrawi 732, Shawqi 736. The correct form & meaning has been kept in the translation of all insightful, often beautiful poems of these great, many unknown, Sufi poets. Pages 756. 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. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator into 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, Pashtu and other languages, including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Iqbal, Ghalib and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books & screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa
