About the Book
THE DIVINE WINE A Treasury of Sufi and Dervish Poetry (Volume Two) Translations, Introductions, Paul Smith Introduction includes...Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry... The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Pusthu, Sindhi & English Sufi & Dervish Poetry. Glossary of Sufi Symbols. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. Included with each poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. THE POETS: Ruh Attar, Haydar, Junaid Shirazi, Ahmedi, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Kamal, Maghribi, Nesimi, Suleyman Chelebi, Sheykhi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matu'llah, Shah Da'i, Kabir, Jami, Fighani, Pir Sultan, Khayali, Fuzuli, Huda'i, Urfi, Qutub Shah, Mirza, Nef'i, Sa'ib, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Khushal, Sultan Bahu, Ashraf Khan, Nasir Ali, Makhfi, Bedil, Abdul-Khan, Rahman Baba, Khwaja Mohammad, Hamid, Niyazi, Wali, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Mushtaq, Ali Haider, Sauda, Dard, Ahmad Shah, Shaida, Nazir, Hatif, Mir, Sachal Sarmast, Galib, Nur 'Ali Shah, Bibi Hayati, Rida 'Ali Shah, Muzaffar 'Ali Shah, Esrar Dede, Aatish, Zauq, Dabir, Anees, Tahirah, Hali, Farid, Shad, Khusrawi, Iqbal, Inayat Khan, Ashgar, Jigar, Khadim, Huma, Veysel, Firaq, Josh, Brabazon, Khalili, Nurbaksh, Paul. Pages... 533. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S VERSION 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. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all." 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. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa
