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Amir Khusrau: Life Poems Paperback Book

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Translation of 92 works
Includes ghazals and rubais
Life and poetry introduction
112 pages of poems
Acclaimed translator Paul Smith
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AMIR KHUSRAU LIFE POEMS Translation Introduction by Paul Smith Amir Khusrau (12531324), the Parrot of India was born at Patigali near the Ganges in India. At the age of thirtysix he was poetlaureate, serving many sultans. He was not only fluent in Persian, in which he composed the majority of his 92 books, but also in Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit. He composed ten long masnavis, five Divans of ghazals and other poems and many prose works. He was a Master musician and invented the sitar. The Perfect Master Nizam uddin took him as his disciple and eventually he became Godrealized. He rebelled against narrow spirituality and helped redefine the true Sufi way. He was a profound influence on Hafiz and is seen as the link between Sadi and Hafiz in updating the form and content of the ghazal and eroticising it. Introduction is on his Life Times Poetry and the Forms in which he wrote and on Sufism Poetry. The correct rhymestructure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, enlightened poems in the forms of ghazals, rubais and one qasida. 90 pages COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITHS TRANSLATION OF HAFIZS 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." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works into Persian and knower of...

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Binding: Paperback;112 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 296.9 g; Dimensions: N/A

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