{"product_id":"jami-joseph-and-zulaikha-paul-smith-9781982061609","title":"Jami - Joseph and Zulaikha: and Other Poems","description":"JAMI Joseph \u0026amp; Zulaikha and Other Poems Translation \u0026amp; Introduction Paul Smith The \u003ci\u003emasnav\u003c\/i\u003ei is the form used in Persian poetry to write epic ballads or romances and is essentially a Persian invention. Each couplet has a different rhyme with both lines rhyming. This is to allow the poet greater freedom to go into a longer description of the subject he has chosen to present. All of the great, long, narrative poems of Persia were composed in this form that is a Persian invention and is not known in classical Arabic poetry. The most famous poems written in this form are the\u003ci\u003e 'Shahnama' \u003c\/i\u003e(Book of the Kings) of Firdausi, the 'Enclosed Garden of the Truth' of Sana'i, the 'Five Treasures' of Nizami, the 'Conference of the Birds' and 'The Book of God' and many others by 'Attar, the 'Seven Thrones' of Jami (1414-1492) including his masterpiece 'Joseph and Zulaikha', the ten \u003ci\u003emasnavis \u003c\/i\u003eof Amir Khusraw and of course the great \u003ci\u003e'Masnavi' \u003c\/i\u003eof Rumi. Jami's masterpiece masnavi 'Joseph and Zulaikha' here translated in the correct form and in prose\/poetry is the last great Sufi \u003ci\u003emasnavi \u003c\/i\u003eabout the raising of the human love of Zulaikha into the Divine Love of the Spiritual Master, Joseph of Egypt. Introduction: The Life \u0026amp; Times \u0026amp; Works of Jami, Selected Bibliography, Some Forms in Persian Poetry Used by Jami, Some of the Great\u003ci\u003e Masnavi \u003c\/i\u003ePoets up to Jami, Preface to Joseph and Zulaikha. Large Format Paperback 7\" x 10\" Pages 295. 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 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.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, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Mu'ir, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Mu'in, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Iqbal, Ghalib, Nazir and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books amazon.com\/author\/smithpa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Smith, Jami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 198206160X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982061609\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\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Paul Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940583702783,"sku":"9781982061609","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0b7cfd27-db3d-41cc-a5e9-702e56ccfa88.jpg?v=1681448022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jami-joseph-and-zulaikha-paul-smith-9781982061609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}