Ruba'iyats... Four Great Sufi Master Poets: 'Attar, Rumi, Sadi & Hafiz: An Anthology

By Paul Smith, Attar of Nishapur, Rumi

RUBA'IYATS... FOUR GREAT SUFI MASTER POETS: 'ATTAR, RUMI, SADI & HAFIZ An AnthologyTranslations & Introductions Paul SmithThe ruba'i is perhaps the oldest form in Persian Sufi Poetry. In its four lines, most rhyming, can be found the wisdom and love and mysticism of four of its greatest exponents of Sufi Spirituality... Farid al-din 'Attar, Jelal-ud-din Rumi who composed thousands of them, the great Sadi of Shiraz and elsewhere (as he was a great traveller) and Shiraz's other unique, Perfect Master Poet, Hafiz. Here is a large selection of all of their ruba'is in the correct form and meaning. CONTENTS: The Ruba'i... page 7, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry... 10, Glossary... 29, The Life & Times of 'Attar... 33, Ruba'is... 41, The Life & Times of Rumi... 95, Ruba'is... 101, The Life & Times of Sadi... 433, Ruba'is... 447, The Life & Times of Hafiz... 533, Ruba'is... 547. A Large Format Paperback 7" x 10"... 710 pages.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."I have never seen such a good translation and I would like to write a book in Farsi and introduce his Introduction to Iranians." Mr B. Khorramshai, Academy of Philosophy, Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith."Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of mystical works in English to 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 poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul Smith 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, Lalla Ded, Mu'in, Mansur Hallaj, Mahsati, Iqbal and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and 12 screenplays.www.newhumanitybooks.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152299727X
• ISBN13: 9781522997276
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 3.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.6" x 7.0"