Author : Paul Smith
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ISBN 13 : 9781723588693
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (886 download)
Book Synopsis Divan of Huma (Meher Baba) by : Paul Smith
Download or read book Divan of Huma (Meher Baba) written by Paul Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAN OF HUMA (MEHER BABA) Translated by His devotee & inspired by them in ghazals... Paul SmithMerwan S. Irani, known world-wide as Meher Baba, took Huma (Phoenix) as his takhallus or pen-name when he composed enlightened ghazals in a mixture of Persian, Urdu, Hindi & Gujarati in his twenties as a realized disciple of the Qutub or Perfect Master Upasni Maharaj, and also later on. He knew the ghazals of Hafiz by heart as did his father the dervish Sheriar Irani, who had originally walked to Pune in India from Khooramshah in Iran. Merwan went on to reveal himself as Perfect Master (Qutub) and later also declared himself as the Rasool or Messiah (Avatar). The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these important beautiful, inspiring, mystical poems. Now, after 40 years his devotee, translator & poet from the mid-sixties, Paul Smith, carries on the tradition and completes the task of ghazals inspired by couplets given by Huma with love and dedication and the experience of writing hundreds of his own (the first in English) and in translating for over 40 years those of Huma, Hafiz, Sadi, Nesimi, 'Attar, Nizami and many others. CONTENTS: The Life & Times & Work of Meher Baba, The Ghazal and other forms he used, Selected Bibliography, A Large Selection of Ghazals, Qasidas, Qit'as (Fragments), Slokas or Dohas (Couplets). Ghazals inspired by couplets given by Huma and Huma's statements by Paul Smith. Appendix: The Eternal Triangle, The Dance of Love by Paul Smith from a scenario by Meher Baba. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 744.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." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works 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 of poems inspired by Hafiz's).Paul Smith (b.1945) 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, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Khushal Khan Khattak, Ghalib, Iqbal, Huma and many others, and his own poetry, fiction, children's books, plays, biographies and 12 screenplays.