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Hafez - Three Masnavi Poems

Author : Hafez
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781512168211
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Hafez - Three Masnavi Poems written by Hafez and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *HAFEZ* Three Masnavi Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Illustrations: Ali Dowlatshahi Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-1392) who was small, fat and ugly became a Perfect Spiritual Master (Qutub), was twice exiled from his beloved Shiraz for his criticism of rulers and false Sufi masters and hypocritical clergy. He is now considered as one of the greatest poets of all time. His Divan shows he composed in other forms including the ruba'i of which about 160 survive. As with his ghazals, his three masnavis... The Wild Deer, Book of the Winebringer & Book of the Minstrel are mysterious and sublime. Included in the Introduction are the Life of Hafiz, his Spirituality and his Poetry and the form of the Masnavi. Glossary, Selected Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these immortal epic poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 154 Pages. Goethe: "In his poetry Hafiz inscribed undeniable truth indelibly! He has no peer!" Gertrude Bell: "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit." Meher Baba: "There is no equal to Hafiz in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination." 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. www.newhumanitybooks.com

Hafez

Author : Hafez
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781516829279
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Hafez written by Hafez and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAFEZ The Long Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-1392) who was small, fat and ugly became a Perfect Spiritual Master (Qutub), was twice exiled from his beloved Shiraz for his criticism of rulers and false Sufi masters and hypocritical clergy. He is now considered as one of the greatest poets of all time. His Divan shows he composed in other forms other than his ghazals and ruba'is: his famous three masnavi poems... The Wild Deer, Book of the Winebringer & Book of the Minstrel are mysterious and sublime as are his qasidas, mukhammas, tarji-band & tarikh-band. Included in the Introduction: Life of Hafiz, Spirituality and Poetry & its Forms. Glossary, Selected Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these immortal long poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 246 Pages. Goethe: "In his poetry Hafiz inscribed undeniable truth indelibly! He has no peer!" Gertrude Bell: "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit." Meher Baba: "There is no equal to Hafiz in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination." 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. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi and other 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 over a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

The Rumi Collection

Author : Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834845091
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Rumi Collection written by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich introduction to the work of Rumi by the foremost scholar on the great mystical poet, featuring leading literary translations of his verse by Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Andrew Harvey, Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, Daniel Liebert, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Rumi's poems are beloved for their touching perceptions of humanity and the Divine. To display the major themes of Rumi's work, each of the eighteen chapters in this anthology are arranged topically, such as "The Inner Work," "The Ego Animal," "Passion for God," "Praise," and "Purity," uncovering a deep and timeless understanding of Sufism and mysticism. Also included is a biography of Rumi by Andrew Harvey and an introductory essay by Kabir Helminski on the art of translating Rumi's work into English. "The Spiritual Surgeon" Can the water of a polluted stream Wash away the dirt? Can human knowledge sweep away The ignorance of the sensual self? How does a sword fashion its own hilt? Go, entrust your wound to a surgeon, For flies will gather around the wound Until it can’t be seen. These are your selfish thoughts And all you dream of owning. The wound is your own dark hole. Mathnawi I, 3221–3224 (translated by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski)

Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry

Author : Leonard Lewisohn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857736604
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Hafiz and the Religion of Love in Classical Persian Poetry written by Leonard Lewisohn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romantic lyricism of the great Persian poet Hafiz (1315-1390) continues to be admired around the world. Recent exploration of that lyricism by Iranian scholars has revealed that, in addition to his masterful use of poetic devices, Hafiz's verse is deeply steeped in the philosophy and symbolism of Persian love mysticism. This innovative volume discusses the aesthetic theories and mystical philosophy of the classical Persian love-lyric (ghazal) as particularly exemplified by Hafiz (who, along with Rumi and Sa'di, is Persia's most celebrated poet). For the first time in western literature, Hafiz's rhetoric of romance is situated within the broader context of what scholars refer to as 'Love Theory' in Arabic and Persian poetry in particular and Islamic literature more generally. Contributors from both the West and Iran conduct a major investigation of the love lyrics of Hafiz and of what they signified to that high culture and civilization which was devoted to the School of Love in medieval Persia. The volume will have strong appeal to scholars of the Middle East, medieval Islamic literature, and the history and culture of Iran.

The Masnavi of Rumi, Book Two

Author : Jalaloddin Rumi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786726092
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Masnavi of Rumi, Book Two written by Jalaloddin Rumi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jalaloddin Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or 'Spiritual Couplets', composed in the 13th Century, is a monumental work of poetry in the Sufi tradition of Islamic mysticism. For centuries before his love poetry became a literary phenomenon in the West, Rumi's Masnavi had been revered in the Islamic world as its greatest mystical text. Drawing upon a vast array of characters, stories and fables, and deeply versed in spiritual teaching, it takes us on a profound and playful journey of discovery along the path of divine love, toward its ultimate goal of union with the source of all Truth. In Book Two of the Masnavi, the second of six volumes, we travel with Rumi toward an understanding of the deeper truth and reality, beyond the limits of the self. Alan Williams's authoritative new translation is rendered in highly readable blank verse and includes the original Persian text for reference. True to the spirit of Rumi's poem, this new translation establishes the Masnavi as one of the world's great literary achievements for a global readership. Translated with an introduction, notes and analysis by Alan Williams and including the Persian text edited by Mohammad Este'lami.

Persian Poems

Author : Arthur John Arberry
Publisher : Alhoda UK
ISBN 13 : 9789643063023
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Persian Poems written by Arthur John Arberry and published by Alhoda UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

BOOK OF THE WINEBRINGER Masnavi of Hafiz

Author : New Humanity Books
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book BOOK OF THE WINEBRINGER Masnavi of Hafiz written by New Humanity Books and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK OF THE WINEBRINGER Masnavi of Hafiz Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Illustrations Ali Dowlatshahi Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-1392) who was small, fat and ugly became a Perfect Spiritual Master (Qutub), was twice exiled from his beloved Shiraz for his criticism of rulers and false Sufi masters and hypocritical clergy. He is now considered as one of the greatest poets of all time. His Divan shows he composed in other forms including the ruba'i of which about 160 survive. As with his ghazals, his three masnavis... The Wild Deer, Book of the Winebringer & Book of the Minstrel are mysterious and sublime. Included in the Introduction are the Life of Hafiz, his Spirituality and Poetry, form of the Masnavi. Glossary, Selected Bibliography. Two Appendixes: Appendix One: 'The Wild Deer' from 'Hafiz of Shiraz: The Life & Times of the Immortal Poet'... Appendix Two: Seven Sufi 'Winebringer' Poems in Masnavi Form... Nizami, Zargun Khan, Fuzuli, Tahirih, Iqbal, Inayat Khan & Paul... The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these immortal epic poems. Wonderful illustrations by Ali Dowlatshahi Large Format paperback 7" x 10" 257 Pages. Goethe: "In his poetry Hafiz inscribed undeniable truth indelibly! He has no peer!" Gertrude Bell: "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit." Meher Baba: "There is no equal to Hafiz in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination." 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. Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi and other 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 over a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

'Attar: Selected Poems

Author :
Publisher : New Humanity Books
ISBN 13 : 0980858399
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book 'Attar: Selected Poems written by and published by New Humanity Books. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ten Poems from Hafez

Author : Jila Peacock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955889615
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Ten Poems from Hafez written by Jila Peacock and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ultimate Divan of Hafez

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781794120488
Total Pages : 827 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Divan of Hafez written by Paul Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 827 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ULTIMATE DIVAN OF HAFEZ. Newly Revised, Centered Translation, Introduction, Appendix... Paul Smith. This is a newly revised one volume centered edition of the only modern, poetic version of Hafez's masterpiece of 791 ghazals, masnavis, ruba'is and other poems/songs. The spiritual and historical and human content is here in understandable, beautiful poetry: the correct rhyme-structure has been achieved, without intruding, in readable English. In the Introduction of over 70 pages his wonderful life story is told in greater detail than anywhere else; his spirituality is explored, his influence on the life, poetry and art of the East and the West, the form and function of his poetry, and the use of his book as a worldly guide and spiritual oracle. His Book, like the I Ching, is one of the world's Great Oracles. Included are notes to most poems, glossary and selected bibliography and two indexes. APPENDIX: Hafiz of Shiraz: The Life, Poetry & Times of the Immortal Persian Poet (In Three Volumes) Book One: The Early Years (The Opening 180 pages) First published in a limited two-volume limited edition in 1986 the book quickly went out of print. Large Format Edition 7" x 10" 831 pages. Goethe: "In his poetry Hafez inscribed undeniable truth indelibly! He has no peer!" Gertrude Bell: "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit." Meher Baba: "There is no equal to Hafez in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination." 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 (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, Iqbal, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Abu Nuwas and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, kids books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

The Poems of Hafez

Author : Ḥāfiẓ
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Hafez written by Ḥāfiẓ and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poems of Hafez is the first faithful, authentic and complete translation of the Ghazals of Hafez by an Iranian scholar. Particularly appropriate for students of Persian literature, persons interested in Oriental and mystical poetry, and readers of New Age materials.

Poetry and Mysticism in Islam

Author : Amin Banani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521454766
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (547 download)

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Download or read book Poetry and Mysticism in Islam written by Amin Banani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi was one of the greatest poets and mystics of the Islamic world. He was born in Balkh (Korasan) in AD 1207 and died in Konya (Turkey) in AD 1273. This book is an examination of his spiritual and literary heritage. As Annemarie Schimmel, the recipient of the Eleventh Giorgio Della Vida Award in Islamic Studies, has written, 'no other mystic and poet from the Islamic world is as well known in the West as Rumi', and she, more than any Western scholar, is his most celebrated and eloquent interpreter. The scholars who Professor Schimmel has invited to share in her tribute have all added new dimensions to an understanding of Rumi and to his impact on the Islamic world.

Tales from the Masnavi

Author : A. J Arberry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136776575
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Masnavi written by A. J Arberry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), a massive poem of some 25,000 rhyming couplets, by common consent ranks among the world's greatest masterpieces of religious literature. The material which makes up the Masnavi is divisible into two different categories: theoretical discussion of the principal themes of Sufi mystical life and doctrine, and stories of fables intended to illustrarte those themes as they arise. This selection of tales is the most accessible introduction to this giant epic for the non-perisan reader.

Ten Poems from Hafez

Author : Ḥāfiẓ
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)

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Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz

Author : Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
Publisher : Mage Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1949445593
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz written by Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi and published by Mage Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nachiketas’ Third Wish

Author : Jens Gnaur
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 8743023096
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Nachiketas’ Third Wish written by Jens Gnaur and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nachiketas’ Third Wish - with the immortal tale from the Upanishads of young Nachiketas’ encounter with Yama, or Death, as its point of departure - tells the fascinating story of the world’s major contemplative and meditative traditions beginning with the ancient Vedas, Upanishads and classical works on Yoga and concluding in our time with Heartfulness and the science of Yoga. Besides meditative Yoga the story embraces Buddhism, Christian mysticism and its Greek and Roman origins, and Sufism with its unique poetic heritage. There are separate chapters on the female contemplatives, on paradox, humour, and aesthetics as we enjoy it in Zen, Japanese poetry, and art and architecture, on Mindfulness, and on contemporary contemplative trends as they are conveyed in health, wellness, and management. But this is also the enchanting story of sages and saints, of great spiritual personalities like the Buddha, St. Francis of Assisi, Mira Bai, and Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur. It is a story of great poetry, of deep reflections on the enigmas of life, and of contemplative ways of living that reflect the eternal harmony behind the surface of things. Nachiketas’ Third Wish illustrates how our yearning for the Ultimate is universal, beyond time, space, and cultures, how we all deep within our hearts share in the same immortal essence, how meditation and a contemplative lifestyle can free us from our bonds to suffering, and how in the perennial quest for oneness with the Ultimate, expressed in the different contemplative traditions, we become one with all humanity.

Fal-E Hafez (Omens of Hafez)

Author : Hafez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781726818247
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Fal-E Hafez (Omens of Hafez) written by Hafez and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAL-E HAFEZ (Omens of Hafez) Translation, Introduction, Interpretations: Paul Smith. Hafez's famous Divan of poems has been used as a Guide successfully by millions of people from all walks of life for the past 600 years. The practice of interpreting his insightful poems (receiving a 'Fal' or Omen) has been a tradition for 600 years. Here are over four hundred ghazals with insightful, clear interpretations by Paul Smith (written over 15 years), an Introduction that includes his life, poetry, spirituality and the history of the use of his book as one of the world's great Oracles. The correct rhyme has been kept and the beauty and meaning of these immortal, mystical poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 438 pages Gertrude Bell: "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit."Meher Baba: "There is no equal to Hafez in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which ultimately lead to illumination." COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFEZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafez is a great feat of paramount importance." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafez 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafez." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). 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, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Iqbal, Ghalib, Ibn al-Farid, Hali, Jigar, Seemab, Huma, Vrind and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa