{"product_id":"ghazals-of-attar-paul-smith-9781976580291","title":"Ghazals of 'Attar","description":"\u003ci\u003eGHAZALS\u003c\/i\u003e OF 'ATTAR Translation \u0026amp; Introduction Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epi\u003ci\u003ec masnavi\u003c\/i\u003e form, his most famous being The Book of God and The Conference of the Birds. He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the\u003ci\u003e ghazal\u003c\/i\u003e form that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later. 'Attar's powerful, honest and controversial \u003ci\u003eghazals\u003c\/i\u003e remain as fresh today as they always were. With 'Attar the image of the 'rend'... the drunken debauchee, the thief of love, the carefree outsider, the honest scallywag, appears as the poet, the lover... the voice of the \u003ci\u003eghazal. \u003c\/i\u003eThe way of the \u003ci\u003emalamati, \u003c\/i\u003eor the path of 'no blame' has now stepped onto the stage of the play of the history of the ghazal and the story of the lover and beloved, the wine and the intoxicated, the Master and the devotee... will never be the same again! Here for the first time is a large selection of over 500 of his\u003ci\u003e ghazals \u003c\/i\u003ein the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of these immortal poems. Introduction on his Life \u0026amp; Times and Poetry and an essay on Sufi Poetry and the \u003ci\u003eGhazal.\u003c\/i\u003e Selected Bibliography \u0026amp; Glossary. 592 pages. Large Format Paperback 7\" x 10\". COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION HAFIZ'S '\u003ci\u003eDIVAN' \u003c\/i\u003e \"It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the\u003ci\u003e ghazals\u003c\/i\u003e 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 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, Hindi and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Ibn al-Farid, Nesimi, Amir Khusrau and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com\/author\/smithpa NEW HUMANITY BOOKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Smith,'Attar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1976580293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781976580291\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 09\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Paul Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446016258303,"sku":"9781976580291","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f6b73f9-cf00-44c3-9996-555ac821c65e.jpg?v=1777222063","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghazals-of-attar-paul-smith-9781976580291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}