RUBA'IYAT OF MAHSATI Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul
Smith We know little of Mahsati Ganjavi's life (1098-1185) except
that she lived in Ganjeh when Sultan Sanjar reigned and as she was
a poet at his court she would have known Anvari. She was a court,
dervish and ribald poet. She knew Nizami (she is said to have been
buried in his mausoleum) and Omar Khayyam... and like Omar composed
only in the ruba'i form and must be considered not only a master of
that form but also to have helped to revolutionize it. She was an
influence on perhaps Iran's greatest female poet Jahan Khatun of
Shiraz and Iran's greatest satirist Obeyd Zakani. She was famous
and also infamous for her truly liberated behaviour. Included in
the Introduction are the life of Mahsati and a history of the
ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents. Selected
Bibliography. This is by far the largest collection of her poems
translated into English. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept
as well as the beauty and meaning of these immortal, courageous
four-line poems. 150 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. "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 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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