About the Book
ISLAMIC MYSTICISM IN ARABIC POETRY An Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Introduction includes... Islamic Mysticism: Art and Use of Poetry & The Main Forms in Arabic Poetry. Included with each selection of a particular poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the power and meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. THE POETS... Hazrat Ali 27, Ali Ibn Husain 34, Majnun (Qays ibn al-Mulawwah ibn Muzahim) 36, Rabi'a of Basra 67, Abu Nuwas 87, Dhu'l-Nun 97, Bayazid Bistami 111, Al Nuri 115, Junaid 125, Sumnun 130, Mansur al-Hallaj 136, Ibn 'Ata 192, Shibli 198, Al-Ma'arri 208, Ibn Sina 258, Al-Ghazzali 261, Gilani 260, Abu Madyam 265, Suhrawadi 271, Ibn al-Farid 280, Ibn 'Arabi 305, Al-Busiri 340, Al-Shushtari 364, Jili 370, Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 378, Ahmad Shaqi 445. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 437. 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 of many mystical 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 of his own poems inspired by Hafiz). "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 an Australian 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, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Ghalib, Iqbal, Nazir, Seemab, Jigar and others, his own poetry and fiction, plays and biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
