POETS of SHIRAZ of HAFIZ. : Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Shahin, HAFIZ, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Yazdi, Azad, Junaid, Jalal, Jahan Khatun, Shah Shuja, Bushaq.

POETS of SHIRAZ of HAFIZ. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Contents: Shiraz at the Time of Hafiz. The Various Forms in Classical Persian Poetry, Sufism in Persian Poetry, A Glossary of Sufi & Dervish Poetry. The Poets of Shiraz at the time of Hafiz… a good selection & biographies on all of them: Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Shahin, HAFIZ, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Yazdi, Azad, Junaid, Jalal, Jahan Khatun, Shah Shuja, Bushaq. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these powerful, and usually mystical poems. 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. I am astonished.” Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. “Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English 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 from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, ‘Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Igbal, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa New Humanity Books Read more