Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481024129
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (241 download)
Book Synopsis Piercing Pearls: the Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry, Volume Two by : Paul Smith
Download or read book Piercing Pearls: the Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry, Volume Two written by Paul Smith and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~*~PIERCING PEARLS~*~The Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry: Volume TwoCourt, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison & Social Poetry from the 14th to the 20th century.Translations & Introduction by Paul SmithThis 2 volume anthology is the largest of Persian Poetry published. The introduction contains a history and explanation of all forms used, a short history of Persian, Sufism in Persian Poetry, glossary of Sufi symbols and a Bibliography. With each poet is a brief biography. The rhyme-structures have been kept and beauty and meaning of these beautiful, often mystical poems. THE POETS: Humam, Amir Khusraw, Nizam ud-din, Hasan Dilhavi, Simnani, Auhadi, Ibn Yamin, Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Salman, Shahin, Hafiz, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Azad, Junaid Shirazi, Jahan Khatun, Shah Shuja, Kamal, Maghribi, Bushaq, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matu'llah, Shah Da'i, Jami, Ahli, Helali, Fighani, Babur, Lisani, Humayan, Kamran, Ghazali, Kahi, Vashi, Akbar, Urfi, Brahmin, Rahim, Hayati, Ulfati, Baha'i, Kalim, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sa'ib, Nasir Ali, Makhfi, Bedil, Mushtaq, Hatif, Niyaz, Visal, Surida, Munis 'Ali Shah, Furughi, Qa'ani, Tahirah, Safa, Iqbal, Khadim, Ishqi, Lotfali Suratgar, Parvin, Khalili, Rahi, Simin, Mehdi Hamidi, Nurbaksh. Pages 481. 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. “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, translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and others, plus poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays.