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THE NEW ANTHOLOGY OF ARABIC POETRY (From the 6th to the 20th Century) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. CONTENTS... Arabic Poetry in the Beginning... 7 The Mu'allaqat... 11 The Qasida... the Beginnings in Arabia... 25 The Other Main Forms in Arabic Poetry... 27 THE POETS... Imra' ul-Qays 35, Tarafa 51, Amru 69, Harith 83, Antara 93,
Zuhair 110, Labid 122, Ka'b 137, Al-A'sha 143, Suhaym 146, Khansa 148, Hazrat 'Ali 150, Husayn Ibn 'Ali 164, Ali Ibn Husain 181, Omar Ibn Abi 183, Majnun (Qays ibn al-Mulawwah) 188, Rab'ia of Basra 232, Bashshar 245, Abu Nuwas 250, Dhu'l-Nun 314, Bayazid Bistami 325, Al Nuri 327, Junaid 331, Sumnun 334, Mansur al-Hallaj 337, Ibn 'Ata 371, Shibli 375, Al-Mutanabbi 379, Al-Ma'arri 419, Ibn Sina 439, Al-Ghazzali 442, Gilani 446, Abu Madyam 451, Suhrawadi 466, Ibn al-Farid 473, Ibn 'Arabi 552, Al-Mucaddasi 605, Al-Busiri 637, Al-Shushtari 661, Jili 682, Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 689, Ahmed Shawqi 736.Biographies and short bibliographies on all the poets. The correct rhyme-forms and meaning has been achieved in all of these beautiful, historical, often spiritual, powerful poems. Large Print (14pt) & Large Format (7" x 10"). Pages 777. 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. 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 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). 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, Jigar, Hali, Seemab and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
