Description: Layla and Majnun : Nizami, Paperback by Smith, Paul, ISBN 1500423939, ISBN-13 9781500423933, Brand New, Free shipping in the US LAYLA AND MAJNUN: NIZAMITranslation & Introduction by Paul SmithIt is impossible to underestimate the effect of Nizami’s 'Layla and Majnun’ on the world over the past 800 years. Many poets throughout this period have copied or been influenced by his story of the young lovers. Many Master-Poets besides Ibn Arabi, 'Attar, Rumi, Sadi, Hafiz and Jami have quoted from him or like him have used the story of the desperate lovers to illustrate how human love can be transformed into divine love through separation and longing. It is said that no one has painted a more perfect picture of women in Persian Literature than Nizami. Paul Smith has kept to the correct rhyme-structure of this long masnavi epic poem, while retaining the beauty of the poetry, the mystical meaning and simplicity of the form. He has included a long Introduction on his life and chapters on all of the works of this great Master/Poet. Selected Bibliography. Large format paperback… 7” x 10” 239 ON PAUL SMITH’S TRANSLATION OF HAFEZ’S 'DIVAN’.“It is not a joke... English version of all the ghazals of Hafez is a great feat 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% Hafez 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator and knower of Hafiz’s Divan off by heart.“I was very impressed with the beauty of thess.” Dr. . Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafez.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author).Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 150 books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafez, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu’in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Baba Latif and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and
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Book Title: Layla and Majnun: Nizami
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Middle Eastern
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 20.2 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Paul Smith
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback