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DEATH OF THE FORM & THE FALSE SELF IN SUFI POETRY An Anthology Translations and Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: Adam (The First Poet) on Abel's Death, On Death by Hazrat Inayat Khan... THE POETS: Hazrat 'Ali... 13, Imam Husayn... 23, Dhu'l-Nun... 31, Shibli... 41, Mansur Al-Hallaj... 43, Ibn 'Ata... 52 Baba Tahir... 54, Abu Sa'id... 56, Ansari... 60, Al-Ghazali... 68, Ahmed Yesevi... 71, Omar Khayyam... 81, Sana'i... 86, Mahsati... 95, Khaqani... 98, Mu'in... 105, Suhrawardi... 116, Nizami... 118, 'Attar... 122, Auhad ud-din Kermani... 137, Kamal ud-din... 138, Baba Farid... 143, Baba Afzal... 146, Rumi... 149, Sa'di... 160, Yunus Emre... 171, Shabistari... 194, Amir Khusrau... 198, Hasan Dehlavi... 207, Ibn Yamin... 211, Hafiz... 213, Jahan Khatun... 232, Kabir... 238, 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah... 250, Sa'ib... 255, Dara Shikoh... 259, Sarmad... 262, Khushal... 266, Makhfi... 273, Bedil... 281, Niyazi... 290, Sauda... 298, Nazir... 302, Ghalib... 307, Inayat Khan... 319, Iqbal... 327, Seemab... 333, Jigar... 339, Huma... 349, Parvin... 358, Paul... 371. Large Format (97"x 10") Large Print (14pt). Pages 386. 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 into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. 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, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Mahsati, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Seemab, Jigar, Makhfi and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books. amazon.com/author/smithpa
