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THE MYSTICAL POETRY OF INDIA An Anthology of Bhakti & Sufi Poets Translations & Introductions Paul Smith. India has a great tradition of poetry over the past 5,500 years. From the Ramayana of Valmiki through to the Bhakti and Sufi poets and those of the recent past, its poetry is surely unique. Here for the first time is the largest anthology of most of India's greatest mystical poets, poems in the correct rhyme-structure and meaning to be studied and loved in all their beauty and spiritual significance. Here are over 80 of India's greatest poets with short biographies and bibliographies, many of them women: The Poets... Valmiki page 47, Vyasa 62, Kalidasa 74, Appar 85, Andal 91, Mas'ud Sa'd 97, Jayadeva 108, Mu'in 120, Baba Farid 139, Amir Khusrau 147, Hasan Dihlavi 166, Janabai 180, Namdev 186, Dnyaneshwar 194, Lalla Ded 202, Vidyapati 209, Nund Rishi 218, Chandidas 227, Kabir 235, Nanak 251, Surdas 261, Babur 267, Farighi 272, Mira Bai 274, Humayun 284, Amanullah 290, Bayram 292, Waisi 266, Ghazali 294, Tulsidas 298, Eknath 307, Faizi 313, Dadu 331, Rasakhan 338, Urfi 344, Nami 357, Rahim 361, Talib 370, Tausani 397, Qutub Shah 398, Sa'ib 409, Kalim 420, Ghani Kashmiri 422, Dara Shikoh 431, Sarmad 441, Mulla Shah 457, Tukaram 461, Sultan Bahu 469, Nasir Ali 479, Ramdas 480, Bahina Bai 488, Makhfi 496, Vrind 511, Vemana 516, Wali 521, Bedil 529, Bulleh Shah 542, Shah Latif 550, Ali Haider 561, Sauda 565, Dard 570, Nazir 577, Mir 593, Sachal Sarmast 612, Aatish 618, Zafar 626, Zauq 635, Ghalib 640, Momin 662, Dabir 669, Anees 671, Shefta 674, Dagh 679, Hali 682, Farid 684, Shad 689, Iqbal 695, Inayat Khan 711, Seemab 727, Asghar 741, Jigar 745, Huma 755, Firaq 767, Josh 776. Introduction on Bhakti & Sufi Poetry of India andThe Main Forms in the Mystical Poetry of India. Large Print (16pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition Pages... 826. 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 from English into Persian, 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 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, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi, Iqbal, Ghalib, Abu Nuwas, Ibn Farid, Nazir, Rahman Baba and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books amazon.com/author/smithpa
