Paul Smith

Lesser-Known Sufi Poets of Shiraz - Life & Poems Paul Smith

LESSER-KNOWN SUFI POETS OF SHIRAZ Life & Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Shiraz in south-west Iran is well-known for its great Sufi poets such as Sadi, Hafiz, Jahan Khatun and Obeyd Zakani but many of its other wonderful Sufi poets are not so famous... deep and powerful poets of that fabled city such as Baba Kuhi, Ruzbihan, Hamgar, Nasir, Khaju, Emad, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Yazdi, Azad, Junaid, Shah Da'i, Ahli, Fighani, and Urfi. The correct rhyme-structure and meaning of the ruba'i, ghazal. qasida, masnavi and qit'a have been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these spiritual, beautiful poems. 120 pages. Introduction to Sufi Poets Series 'AISHAH Al-BA'UNIYAH, AMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, AL-MA'ARRI, 'ARIFI, 'ATTAR, ABU SA'ID, AUHAD UD-DIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, GHANI KASHMIRI, HAFIZ, HASAN DEHLAVI, HUMA, IBN 'ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN AL-FARID, IQBAL, INAYAT KHAN, 'IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, JIGAR, KAMAL AD-DIN, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, MIR, MU'IN UD-DIN CHISHTI, NAZIR, NESIMI, NIZAMI, NUND RISHI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RABI'A, RAHMAN BABA, RUMI, SADI, SA'IB, SANA'I, SARMAD, SHABISTARI, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, YUNUS EMRE, EARLY ARABIC SUFI POETS, EARLY PERSIAN SUFI POETS, URDU SUFI POETS, URDU SUFI POETS, TURKISH SUFI POETS, AFGHAN SUFI POETS. 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, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre. Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Ibn 'Arabi and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa