LALLA DED: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul
Smith Lalla Ded is the famous female poet/saint from Kashmir who
lived at exactly the same time as Hafiz of Shiraz (1320-1392). Her
vakhs (poems/sayings) are sung even today in Kashmir. She was
married at a young age but the marriage was a failure and she
walked out at the age of twenty-four. She became a disciple of
Siddha Srikanth. It must have taken a lot of courage on her part to
walk out of a marriage and to walk around unclothed as she did. She
was treated with contempt by some and much reverence by others,
seeing her as a saint and eventually as God-realized. Her two
hundred vakhs are some of the oldest examples of Kashmiri written.
She was a bridge between Hindu mysticism and Sufism. Her poems are
more influential today than ever, not only in Kashmir but around
the world. Here are 134 poems with correct form and meaning.
Introduction on her Life, Times & Poetry. 140 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. 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 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 poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul
Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 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, Shah Latif, Mahsati, Bulleh Shah, Khushal Khan
Khattak and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays,
biographies, children's books and screenplays.
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