*RUBA'IYAT OF DARA SHIKOH* Translation & Introduction by Paul
Smith Dara Shikoh (1615-1659) was the oldest son of Emperor Shah
Jahan of Mughal India and was known to be a loving husband, a good
son and loving father. He was a fine poet, his poems having the
influence of Sufism to which he was dedicated. He used 'Qadiri' as
his takhallus or pen-name. His Divan of ghazals, ruba'is and
qasidas in Persian was not the only work he left us, his five prose
works on Sufism and mysticism are popular in India even today. His
Majma al-Bahrain or The Mingling of the Two Oceans is an
explanation of the mystical sameness of Sufism and Vedanta. He also
translated the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Yoga-Vasishta into
Persian. He was defeated after leading an uprising against his
cruel, fundamentalist brother Emperor Aurangzeb and was brutally
killed in 1659. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and the
meaning of these beautiful, powerful, always mystical poems. This
is the largest translation of his poems into English. 148 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 of many mystical
works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by
heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr.
R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National
University. "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 from the Persian, Arabic,
Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi,
Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi,
Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many
others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's
books and screenplays.
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