SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by
Paul Smith Shah Ni'mat'ullah 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 poems published in English. Introduction is on his Life
& Times & Poetry and the Forms in which he wrote and on
Sufism & Poetry. The rhyme-structure has been kept as well as
the meaning of these beautiful, enlightened poems. Glossary,
bibliography. 168 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 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). 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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