The Library of Great Sufi Poets

THE LIBRARY OF GREAT SUFI POETS Book Six Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Here is a wonderful, large selection of the Poetry and Lives and Selected Biographies of 5 of the greatest Sufi Poets from Persia and the Indian Sub-Continent translated into the correct rhyme-structure & meaning, many for the first time. Introduction on Sufis: Their Art and Use of Poetry & The Main Forms of Sufi Poetry. THE POETS: Nund Rishi of Kashmir page 39, Sa'ib Tabrizi of Persia & India 123, Ghani Kashmiri who composed in Persian 187, Jigar Moradabadi the great Urdu Poet 247 and Huma (Meher Baba) 353. There are five more volumes in this series. Pages 480. 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 in English into Persian 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 Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith 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, Rab'ia, Mahsati, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Iqbal, Rahman Baba and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, 12 screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa