The Sufi Poets of Isfahan

THE SUFI POETS OF ISFAHAN Translation & Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: The City of Isfahan… page 7, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry… 15, The Form, Function & History of the Ruba’I, the Ghazal & the Qasida… 39: THE POETS… Jamal al-din… 51, Kamal al-din… 63, Imami… 103, Hamgar… 107, Auhadi… 115, Maghribi… 127, Baha’i… 153, Sa’ib… 161, Mushtaq… 225, Hatef… 233, Nur ‘Ali Shah… 253, Nishat… 259, Safa… 263. The rhyme-structures and meanings have been achieved in all the poems in this unique book. Large Print (14pt) & Large Format Paperback (7” x 10”). Pages 266.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 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). 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, ‘Iraqi, ‘Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Seemab, Jigar, Hali, Ghalib, Iqbal, Huma, Abu Nuwas and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children’s books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa Read more