DEGREESPOEMS OF MAJNUN DEGREES Translation & Introduction by
Paul Smith Majnun was a real person Qays (Majnun='madman) was a
youth, a Bedouin poet in the seventh century of the Bani Amir tribe
in the Najd desert in Arabia. He fell in love with Layla from the
same tribe whom he was denied. (It is said that Shakespeare was
inspired by their tale for Romeo & Juliet from their tragic
love story). Most of his recorded poetry was composed before his
descent into love-madness (mast) then through a Perfect Master...
his spiritual unification with his beloved. Nizami's famous telling
of their tale came from this collected poems (Divan) and other
sources. Many other Persian, Turkish and Urdu poets imitated him or
wrote their own versions of the story of the height of human love
that became Divine and a selection of them are translated in one
appendix. Here in the form of the qit'as in which they were
composed, is the largest collection of his immortal poems
translated into English. Included are four appendixes. 220 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 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). 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 Khatun,
Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari,
Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Mahsati
and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies,
children's books and screenplays.
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