Booksellers & Publishers ** Translation, Introduction &
Notes by Paul Smith Sarmad (d. 1659) or Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed,
whose name 'Sarmad' derives from the Persian word for eternal or
everlasting, was a famous and infamous Persian dervish poet of
Jewish and Armenian origin. As a merchant he gathered his wares and
travelled to India to sell them. In India he renounced Judaism and
adopted Islam: he later renounced it in favour of Hinduism which he
finally renounced for Sufism. He was known for exposing and
ridiculing the major religions and hypocrisy of his day, but he
also wrote beautiful mystical poetry in the form of 321 rubai's
(all here translated). He wandered the streets and the courts of
the emperor as a naked dervish. He was beheaded in 1659 by Emperor
Aurangzeb for his perceived heretical poetry. His grave is located
near the Jama Masjid in Delhi. Introduction on the life of Sarmad,
a history of the ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents.
Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as
the beauty and meaning of these immortal four-line poems. 381
pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S VERSION 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. "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 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, Lalla Ded, Baba Farid, Rahman Baba, Yunus Emre and
many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, children's books
biographies and screenplays.
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