{"product_id":"divan-of-farid-al-din-attar-9781791341718","title":"Divan of Farid Al-Din 'attar","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Smith | Farid Al 'Attar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle Eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDIVAN\u003c\/i\u003e OF FARID AL-DIN 'ATTAR Translation \u0026amp; Introduction Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epic\u003ci\u003e masnavi\u003c\/i\u003e form of rhyming couplets, his most famous being \u003ci\u003eThe Book of God \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Conference of the Birds.\u003c\/i\u003e He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the \u003ci\u003eghazal\u003c\/i\u003e form (over five hundred here trans. for the first time) that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later and he was a master in the \u003ci\u003eruba'i\u003c\/i\u003e form (hundreds translated) and couplets in his \u003ci\u003ePand-Nama\u003c\/i\u003e or 'Book of Wisdom'. Here for the first time is a selection of his \u003ci\u003epoems \u003c\/i\u003ein the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of his immortal poems. Introduction: Life \u0026amp; Times and Poetry and an essay on Sufi Poetry. Selected Bibliography, Glossary. 670 pages. Large Format (7\" x 10\") paperback. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION 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.\" Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran.\"Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.\" Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of 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). \"I was very impressed with the beauty of these books.\" Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many 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, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Ibn al-Farid, Nesimi, Iqbal, Amir Khusrau and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com\/author\/smithpa NEW HUMANITY BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889413144727,"sku":"9781791341718","price":3224.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781791341718.webp?v=1781176350","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/divan-of-farid-al-din-attar-9781791341718","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}