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DIVAN OF NIYAZI A Perfect Master Sufi Poet of Turkey. : SELECTED...

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Authentic Sufi Master Poetry
Large Print Format Edition
Original Rhyme Structure Preserved
Bilingual Turkish-Arabic Poems
Scholarly Introduction Included
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DIVAN OF NIYAZI A Perfect Master Sufi Poet of Turkey. Selected Poems. Translation Introduction Paul Smith. Niyazi Misri (d. 1694) was a poet of considerable talent and stands a long way ahead of the throng of Mevlevi and Khalveti sheykhs who had recently been the interpreters of mystic philosophy in Turkish verse. Sufism is the keynote of this poets work whatever else is to be found in his Divan is of secondary importance. He was born at the little town of Aspuzi, near Malati. After receiving his first lessons in mystic lore from his father who was a Naqshbendi dervish, he studied in Mardin and Cairo and at the village of Elmali in Anatolia. It is obvious from many of his poems that at some time in his life he became a Perfect Master (Qutub) a Godrealized soul. Although Niyazi wrote a good deal of prose his poetical work is confined to his Divan, which is restricted to ghazals and qasidas... some of which are in Arabic while in others the lines are alternately in Arabic and Turkish. Introduction on his Life, Poetry Times, Turkish Language Poetry, Form of the Ghazal, GodRealization The Perfect Masters, Sufism in Poetry, Selected Bibliography. The correct rhymestructure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, spiritual poems. Large Print (16pt) Large Format (8" x 10") Edition. Pages 189. 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...

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