{"product_id":"ghazals-inspired-by-those-of-paul-smith-9781522701514","title":"Ghazals Inspired by those of the Great Sufi Poets","description":"\u003ci\u003eGHAZALS\u003c\/i\u003e INSPIRED BY THOSE OF THE GREAT SUFI POETS by Paul Smith, In 1974 Australian poet Paul Smith began a 12 year journey translating his acclaimed\u003ci\u003e Divan\u003c\/i\u003e of Hafiz (many 'greats' say the world's finest poet). To do this he had to master in English the ancient form of the \u003ci\u003eghaza\u003c\/i\u003el in which Hafiz was considered the 'Master'. So, for the first time in the English language he composed his own\u003ci\u003e ghazals\u003c\/i\u003e in the real form and content (others had done variations on it) and would continue to do so for the following forty years, often inspired by Hafiz and many great Sufi poets that he would put into beautiful, correct rhyming English... all Master poets of this wonderful, mystical, most ancient and most difficult form of poetry. He would also create a number of books of Anthologies of the ghazal from Adam to the latest. Here are more than 230 of his own ghazals inspired by the first couplets of his translations of ghazals from the greatest Sufi Master Poets from Hazrat 'Ali (598-661) to Iqbal (1873-1938). Introduction on the ghazal in all languages. Selected Bibliography. Large Format Paperback 7\" x 10\" 265 pages. 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, Sana'i, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Mahsati and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com\/author\/smithpa New Humanity Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1522701516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781522701514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Paul Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445282681087,"sku":"9781522701514","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc6020df-725f-4af9-a873-92ea0665d34c.jpg?v=1777217693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghazals-inspired-by-those-of-paul-smith-9781522701514","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}