*RUBA'IYAT OF SHAH NI'TMATULLAH* Translation & Introduction by
Paul Smith Shah Ni'matullah Vali (1330-1431) was the founder of an
order of Sufis that is today the largest in Iran. As well as a Sufi
Master he was a poet who at times used 'Sayyid' as his takhallus or
pen-name. He was influenced by Ibn 'Arabi and Hafiz. He came from
Aleppo and after studies travelled in Egypt, Morocco, Mecca (where
he met his Spiritual Master Abdullah Yafi'i). He built a monastery
in Mahan near Kirman and lived there until his death. He composed
many prose works on Sufism and his Divan contains over 13,000
couplets, mostly ghazals and ruba'is. This is the largest selection
of his ruba'is published in English. Introduction is on his Life
& Times & Poetry and the meaning of Sufi poetry and a
History of the Form and Function of the Ruba'i. The correct
rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the meaning of these
beautiful, enlightened poems. Glossary, bibliography. 125 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 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, Lalla
Ded, Rahman Baba, Baba Farid, Mahsati and many others, as well as
poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and
screenplays.
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