The Four Great Urdu Poets Mir Nazir Ghalib And Iqbal

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The Four Great Urdu Poets: Mir, Nazir, Ghalib and Iqbal

Author : Mir
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523866120
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book The Four Great Urdu Poets: Mir, Nazir, Ghalib and Iqbal written by Mir and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FOUR GREAT URDU POETS Mir, Nazir, Ghalib & Iqbal Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mir (1723 - 1810) was the leading Urdu poet of the eighteenth century and one of the pioneers of Urdu. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi school of the Urdu ghazal. Like many Urdu poets Mir's literary reputation is from his ghazals. After moving to Lucknow his daughter died, then his son and wife. Mir practiced the Malamati or 'Blameworthy' aspect of Sufism. He was a prolific poet, his complete works consisting of 6 Divans comprising all kinds of poetic forms: ghazals, masnavis, qit'as, ruba'is, etc. Nazir (1735-1830) is an Indian poet known as the 'Father of Nazm', who wrote mainly Urdu ghazals and nazms. The canvas of Nazir's nazms is so vast that it encompasses all aspects of human behavior. Many of his poems are spiritual and he is seen as a true Sufi. Ghalib (1797-1869}, was born in the city of Agra of parents with Turkish aristocratic ancestry. His great fame came to him posthumously. Although he wrote ghazals, qit'as and ruba'is in Persian he is more famous for those written in Urdu. Iqbal (1873-1938) was born in Sialkot, Punjab. He graduated with a master's degree in philosophy. Nietzsche and Bergson influenced him and he became critical of Western civilization that he regarded as decadent. He turned to Islam and Sufism for inspiration. In his final years he returned to Urdu as his medium with ghazals inspired by his on-and-off Sufism. Here is a large collection of his ruba'is, ghazals, nazms, qit'as, masnavis & qasida. All poems in this collection are in the correct rhyme-structure and meaning. Introduction on all the lives of the Poets, Selected Bibliographies. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 599 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... I am astonished. " Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator from English into Persian, knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. 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, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Selections from Ghalib and Iqbal

Author : Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Publisher : New Delhi : Sterling Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Selections from Ghalib and Iqbal written by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib and published by New Delhi : Sterling Publishers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English version of selected poems by the Urdu poets Ghalib and Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938.

The Four Last Great Sufi Master Poets: Selected Poems

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492966678
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book The Four Last Great Sufi Master Poets: Selected Poems written by Paul Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FOUR LAST GREAT SUFI MASTER POETS Shah Latif, Nazir Akbarabadi, Ghalib,& Iqbal ***SELECTED POEMS*** Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The great Sufi Master Poets of the Final Age (18th - 20th century) were also straightforward and inspiring in the poetic forms of the ghazal, ruba'i, qasida and masnavi and others in expressing their love for the Divine Beloved and in their contempt for this world and its illusions and explaining the spiritual path. Here are many beautiful, powerful poems by them in the correct form and meaning and biographies about them. Shah Abdul Latif (1689-1752) was a Sufi Perfect Master and is considered by many to be the greatest poet of the Sindhi language. He composed dohas extending the form to five or six couplets. Nazir Akbarabadi (1735-1830) is an Indian poet known as the 'Father of Nazm', who wrote mainly Urdu ghazals and nazms. His poems are still loved. Many are spiritual and he is seen as a true Sufi. Ghalib (1797-1869), was born in the city of Agra. He is more famous today and wrote ghazals, qit'as and ruba'is in Persian that are mainly Sufi poems but he is more known now for those composed in Urdu. Iqbal (1873-1938) was born in Sialkot, Punjab. He turned to Islam and Sufism for inspiration when early in his life he rejected nationalism. In his final years he returned to Urdu from Persian with ghazals inspired by his Sufism. Introduction: Sufis & Dervishes, Their Art & Use of Poetry, & the various poetic forms they used. Pages 616. 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. "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 over 130 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, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Lalla Ded, Iqbal and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and over a dozen screenplays.

The URDU POET DAGH DEHLEVI and HIS THREE MORE FAMOUS PUPILS IQBAL, SEEMAB and JIGAR

Author : Dagh Dehlevi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781731307750
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The URDU POET DAGH DEHLEVI and HIS THREE MORE FAMOUS PUPILS IQBAL, SEEMAB and JIGAR written by Dagh Dehlevi and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE URDU POET DAGH DEHLEVI & HIS THREE MORE FAMOUS PUPILS: IQBAL, SEEMAB & JIGAR Lives & Selected Poems(Ghazals) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Dagh Dehlevi was born in Delhi in 1831. He is considered the last great poet of the Mughal period of Urdu poetry. His takhallus or pen-name of Dagh means 'scar'. Ghalib was a relation of his and he could also seek advice from him on his poetry. His fame as a fine poet in Delhi soon came and he was loved for his simple style and his naturalism and the musical nature of his work. Like his pupils Iqbal, Seemab and Jigar, many of his poems have a strong Sufi influence. Dagh married and had children but he was occasionally separated from his family for a variety of often political reasons and he wrote poems about this situation. Some of his ghazals have been set to music by ghazal singers. Dagh Dehlvi suffered a paralytic stroke and died on the 17th March 1905 at the age of 73. Sir Muhammad Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9 November 1877 within the Punjab Province of British India (now in Pakistan). Iqbal decided to approach Dagh, the most famous Urdu poet of his era, for mentoring. Though they are thousands of miles apart from each other, the relationship of master and disciple was established through correspondence. Iqbal sent Dagh some of his ghazals for correction. Dagh accepted him as his student and sent back Iqbal's poems with comments and advice. Iqbal is considered one of India's greatest poets and a founder of Pakistan. Born in 1882, Seemab was a renowned Urdu poet belonging to the Dagh School. He hailed from Agra where his family had lived for nearly three hundred years. Seemab began ghazal writing in 1892 and in 1898 became a disciple of Dagh to whom he was personally introduced by Munshi Nazar Dehlevi at the Kanpur Railway Station. His ghazals are suffused with true Sufism. Jigar... meaning 'heart or liver') who was born in 1893 came originally from Moradabad in Uttar Pradash, India. When young but showed a ghazal to Dagh. He was a great admirer of beauty and successfully painted a living picture of his earthly beloved in his ghazals, but not stopping at that, his description of beauty carries one to a different timeless place where Eternal Beauty reigns supreme. Introduction... On Urdu Poetry & on Sufism in Poetry. Biographies on all four great Urdu poets & Selected Bibliographies. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept in the beautiful, insightful, often mystical, powerful, loving ghazals. Large format Paperback, 7" x 10" Pages 217. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Seemab and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, plays and 12 screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Ghalib and Iqbal

Author : Ish Kumar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ghalib and Iqbal written by Ish Kumar and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative study of the works of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, 1797-1868, and Sir Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938, Urdu and Persian poets from India.

Diwan of Hali

Author : Altaf Hali
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720791836
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Diwan of Hali written by Altaf Hali and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIWAN of HALI The Great Urdu Sufi Poet Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali (1837-1914) has a special place in Urdu literature. He was poet, critic, teacher, reformer and prose-writer. He had no formal education yet he acquired through his own efforts Urdu, Persian and Arabic and a good knowledge of English. As a poet he did not confine himself to the ghazal, but successfully composed in the form of the nazm, ruba'i and marsie or elegy. His poetic abilities were used to high aims of social and moral education. His wrote a pioneering work of literary criticism that dwells on the limitations of the traditional ghazal. He also wrote biographies of Ghalib and Sadi of Shiraz and others. In his poetry and prose he preferred a simple, natural style, that made him accessible to all at the time and now. This is the largest collection of his ruba'is and ghazals in the correct form in English. Introduction on Hali's Life & Poetry & Times and the Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i. Sufism in Poetry.' The Ghazal, Selected Bibliography. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 224 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 from English into Persian, knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Mansur Hallaj, Yunus Emre, Mu'in, Ibn Farid, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Abu Said, Ghalib, Nazir, Iqbal, Inayat Khan, Abu Nuwas, Jigar, Seemab, Dard, Urfi, and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, children's books, biographies and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Masterpieces of Urdu Nazm

Author : K. C. Kanda
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9788120719521
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Masterpieces of Urdu Nazm written by K. C. Kanda and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology contains English translations of 42 "nazms", chosen from the works of 19 famous poets, including such master-poets as Mir Taqi Mir, Nazir Akbarabadi, Shauq Lucknavi, Iqbal, Josh, Hafeez, Akhtar Sheerani, Majaz, Faiz and Sahir. The poets are presented in chronological order, and each poet is introduced with an authentic portrait, and a biographical-cum-critical note.

Poems of Ghalib a Selection: (large Print & Large Format Edition)

Author : Ghalib
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781091210134
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Poems of Ghalib a Selection: (large Print & Large Format Edition) written by Ghalib and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POEMS OF GHALIB A Selection (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Mirza Ghalib (1797-1869} was born in the city of Agra of parents with Turkish aristocratic ancestry. He later lived on state patronage, credit or the generosity of friends. His fame came to him posthumously. He had remarked during his life that although his age had ignored his greatness he would be recognized by later generations. History vindicated his claim. Although he wrote many more ghazals, qit'as and ruba'is in Persian he is more famous for those written in Urdu. Before Ghalib, the Urdu ghazal was primarily an expression of anguished love but Ghalib expressed his philosophy and cynicism. In keeping with the conventions of the ghazal, in most of Ghalib's couplets the 'beloved' could be a beautiful woman, boy, monarch or God or the Spiritual Master as in his many Sufi poems. Here is the largest selection of his Persian & Urdu ghazals, ruba'is, qit'as and other poems in the correct form and meaning in English ever published. Introduction: Poetry, Life & Times and on the Forms of Poetry he used. Selected Bibliography. Large Print 16pt., Large Format, 8" x 10" 367 pages. Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafez, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Baba Latif, Iqbal, Seemab, Huma, Nazir and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and 12 screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Mir Taqi Mir

Author : Ish Kumar
Publisher : New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mir Taqi Mir written by Ish Kumar and published by New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1982 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life and works of Mir Taqi Mir, d. 1810, Urdu poet.

Mirza Ghalib, the Poet of Poets

Author : Saraswati Saran
Publisher : New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Mirza Ghalib, the Poet of Poets written by Saraswati Saran and published by New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Urdu poet Ghalib, 1796?-1868, and his work.

Iqbal

Author : Raza Mir
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
ISBN 13 : 9780143452041
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Iqbal written by Raza Mir and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), also known as the 'Poet of the East', earned a doctorate in philosophy from the Ludwig-Maximillian University at Munich, and wrote his most evocative poems in Urdu, a language that was not his mother tongue. He counted Jawaharlal Nehru as one of his fans, and earned Mahatma Gandhi's respect as well. His funeral was attended by 70,000 people, which included colonialists and freedom fighters, socialist atheists and Islamic fundamentalists, Indian nationalists and Muslim Leaguers, reflecting his ability to defy categorization. The book is a relatively short volume that introduces Iqbal to the millennial generation. It is written in a relatively contemporary language, similar to Ghalib: A Thousand Desires. The bulk of the book will comprise a temporal and intellectual biography of Iqbal, while the rest will include a detailed discussion of one of Iqbal's poems, a translation of some of his well-known poems, and a sampling of some of his famous verses. It will not for the Iqbal-expert or the Urdu-expert, but for a relative newcomer.

The March of India

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The March of India written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iqbal: Selected Poems

Author : Iqbal
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503344648
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Iqbal: Selected Poems written by Iqbal and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *IQBAL* SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938) was born in Sialkot, Punjab. He graduated from Government College, Lahore with a master's degree in philosophy. He taught there while he established his reputation as an Urdu poet. During this period his poetry expressed an ardent Indian nationalism, but a marked change came over his views when he was studying for his doctorate at Cambridge, visiting German universities and qualifying as a barrister. The philosophies of Nietzsche and Bergson influenced him and he became critical of Western civilization that he regarded as decadent. He turned to Islam and Sufism for inspiration and rejected nationalism as a disease of the West. These ideas found expression in his long poems written in Persian, presumably to gain his ideas an audience in the Moslem world outside India. Becoming convinced that Muslims were in danger from the Hindu majority if India should become independent, he gave his support to Jinnah as the leader of India's Muslims. In his final years he returned to Urdu as his medium with ghazals inspired by his on-and-off Sufism. Here is the largest collection of his poems in English in book form, in the correct rhyme-structure and meaning. Introduction on his life, times & poetry and the forms he wrote in. 183 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. " Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator from English into Persian, knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. 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, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com

A Thousand Yearnings

Author : Marion Molteno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789386702166
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Yearnings written by Marion Molteno and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many people, Urdu is indelibly associated with a bygone era: the cultural renaissance of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the face of colonial oppression, heady mushairas and romantic poetry. For others, it brings to mind the gritty prose of the Progressive Writers portraying the grim social realities of the mid-twentieth century. In this luminous collection of Urdu poetry and prose, Ralph Russell expands our world of Urdu letters to include folk and oral narratives, besides prose and poetry. By situating each form historically, he gives us a refreshing perspective on the diverse literary cultures and histories of India. Besides canonical short stories by the likes of Manto and Premchand, there is Ismat Chughtai's a little-known autobiographical essay about her relationship with her brother, the writer Azim Beg Chughtai. There are creation tales from the Quran, popular stories of Akbar and Birbal, along with the legendary exploits of Sikandar (Alexander the Great). Selections from the sublime poetry of Mir, Ghalib and others are supplemented by astute commentary and roman transcriptions of the original Urdu. Farhatullah Beg's brilliantly imagined account of the 'last Delhi mushaira' captures a moment in time never seen again, with the horrors of 1857 just around the corner. An accessible introduction for unfamiliar readers, and a pleasurable companion for those familiar with Urdu literature, this volume is a treasure trove of stories, poetry and history. Originally published as Hidden in the Lute(1995), this revised edition has been edited by Russell's student and friendfor several years, the novelist Marion Molteno.

Ghalib

Author : Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231544006
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Ghalib written by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu poet of the nineteenth century. Ghalib's poems, especially his ghazals, remain beloved throughout South Asia for their arresting intelligence and lively wit. His letters—informal, humorous, and deeply personal—reveal the vigor of his prose style and the warmth of his friendships. These careful translations allow readers with little or no knowledge of Urdu to appreciate the wide range of Ghalib's poetry, from his gift for extreme simplicity to his taste for unresolvable complexities of structure. Beginning with a critical introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances Pritchett and Owen Cornwall present a selection of Ghalib's works, carefully annotating details of poetic form. Their translation maintains line-for-line accuracy and thereby preserves complex poetic devices that play upon the tension between the two lines of each verse. The book includes whole ghazals, selected individual verses from other ghazals, poems in other genres, and letters. The book also includes a glossary, the Urdu text of the original poetry, and an appendix containing Ghalib's comments on his own verses.

The Urdu Sufi Poet Khwaja Haidar Ali 'Aatish'

Author : Aatish
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545334942
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book The Urdu Sufi Poet Khwaja Haidar Ali 'Aatish' written by Aatish and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE URDU SUFI POET KHWAJA HAIDAR ALI 'AATISH' Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith AATISH (1777-1847). Khwaja Haidar Ali... pen-name Aatish ('fire') was born in Faizabad. His ancestors had been dervishes and religious men. Because of the death of his father during his childhood he did not have any regular instruction in a school. He had a profound, natural ability for creating poetry that eventually gave him access to the court of Nawab Mohammed Taqi Khan Taraqqi, who took him to Lucknow. At Lucknow he sought and was given instruction in writing poetry by Mushafi, then an important poet of the Lucknow school of poetry (a short biography and ghazal by him is included). Later he came under the influence of the controversial Nasik (1776-1838), another great Sufi poet of Lucknow (a short biography and ghazal by him is also included). A contented, self-¬respecting man Aatish led a simple life and never bowed to nobility to gain favours. This freedom of spirit and ascetic-like lack of concern for worldly comforts is reflected in his poetry. His words are simple and carefully chosen. Some critics rank him beside Mir and Ghalib. His ghazals are Sufi in flavour on the traditional themes of human and divine love. He went blind towards the end of his life. His Urdu Divan is composed of ghazals and ruba'is and a qasida. Here is the largest selection translated into English in the correct rhyme-form and meaning. Introduction: Life, Times & Poetry of Aatish; Sufism in Poetry, The Main Forms in Aatish's Poetry, Selected Bibliography. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 130 pages. 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, Ghani Kashmiri, Mir, Seemab, Jigar, Huma, Dadu, Mahsati and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Three Great Abbasid Poets

Author : al-Mutanabbi
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781512106541
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Three Great Abbasid Poets written by al-Mutanabbi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE GREAT ABBASID POETS Abu Nuwas, al-Mutanabbi & al-Ma'arri Lives & Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The Abbasid Caliphate that ruled the Islamic world was the golden age of Islamic culture. It ruled from 750 to 1258 AD, making it one of the longest and most influential of the Islamic dynasties. For most of its early history it was the largest empire in the world and this meant that it had contact with distant neighbors such as the Chinese and Indians in the East and the Byzantines in the West, allowing it to adopt and synthesize ideas from all these cultures. All the arts and sciences flourished during these 500 years and in the art of Poetry three poets stood out among the non-Sufi poets like Ibn al-Farid... these were Abu Nuwas, al-Mutanabbi and al-Ma'arri. Here is their lives & times and a large selection of their poetry in the correct beautiful rhyme-structures and meaning. Included in the Introduction chapters on The Abbasid Caliphate, Poetry of the Abbasid Period, Forms of Arabic Poetry of the Abbasid Period. Selected Bibliography. Large Format 7" x 10" Pages 350. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFEZ'S DIVAN"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. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafez." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith 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, Iqbal, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Farid, Rahman Baba, Nazir and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, kids books and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa