Wine of Love

WINE OF LOVE AN ANTHOLOGY Translations Introduction by Paul Smith CONTENTS: Arabic Poetry 7, Persian Poetry 11, Turkish Poetry 13, Pushtu Poetry 15, Urdu Poetry 17, The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Pushtu Urdu Poetry 19, Wine in Sufi Poetry 29, Arabic Poetry... 37, Ima'-ul-Qays 39, Antara 47, Tarafa 59, Amru 72, Labid 80, Ka'b 92, Omar Ibn abi Rabi'a 96, Majnun 98, Rabi'a of Basra 101, Abu Nuwas 106, Bayazid Bastami 114, Al-Mutanabbi 116, Al-Ma'arri 131, Gilani 134, Suhrawadi 137, Ibn al-Farid 140, Ibn 'Arabi 145, Al-Shushtari 148. Persian Poetry... 151, Abu Shakur 153, Junaidi 155, Rudaki 157, Agachi 172, Rabi'a Balkhi 174, Daqiqi 177, Umarah 181, Kisa'i 183, Farrukhi 185, Asjadi 193, Minuchihri 195, Unsuri 198, Abu Sa'id 201, Baba Kuhi 203, Qatran 205, Ansari 207, Al-Ghazali 212, Mas'ud Sa'd 214, Mu'izzi 216, Omar Khayyam 219, Sana'I 227, Sabir 232, Mahsati 235, Jabali 238, Vatvat 240, Anvari 242, Falaki 246, Hasan Ghaznavi 249, Athir 252, Mujir 255, Khaqani 257, Mu'in 266, Zahir 274, Nizami 278, Ruzbihan 284, 'Attar 286, Auhad ud-din Kermani 292, Kamal ad-din 294, Baba Afzal 297, Rumi 299, Sadi 310, 'Iraqi 323, Humam 335, Amir Khusray 337, Hasan Dihlavi 347, Khaju 351, Obeyd Zakani 353, Emad 361, Salman 366, Shahin 371, Hafiz 374, Ruh Attar 396, Haydar 401, Junaid Shirazi 404, Jahan Khatun 406, Maghribi 413, Bushaq 415, Kasim Anwar 419, Shah Ni'matu'llah 422, Jami 425, Ahli 428, Helali 430, Fighani 432, Babur 435, Ghazali 437, Urfi 439, Lotfali Suratgar 493, Rahi 495. Turkish Poetry... 497, Ahmed Yesevi 499, Yunus Emre 502, Kadi Burhan-ud-din 507, Nesimi 509, Mihri 515, Necati 518, Pir Sultan 523, Khayali 535, Fuzuli 528, Baqi 535, Huda'I 539, Nef'I 541, Yahya 544, Na'ila 546, Nabi 548, Nedim 550, Fitnet 553, Galib 555, Leyla Khanim 562. Pushtu Poetry... 565, Mirza 567, Khushal 570, Ashraf Khan 578, Abdul-Khadir 580, Rahman Baba 585, Khwaja Mohammad 588, Shaida 592. Urdu Poetry... 595, Wali 587, Sauda 599, Dard 601, Nazir 603, Mir 606, Zauq 610, Ghalib 612, Momin 619, Dagh 621, Shad 623, Iqbal 625, Ashgar 629, Josh 631, Jigar 633, Huma 637, Firaq 641, Faiz 643. 645 pages. 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. 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 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 have never seen such a good translation and I would like to write a book in Farsi and introduce his Introduction to Iranians." Mr B. Khorramshai, Academy of Philosophy, Tehran. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Baba Farid, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Lalla Ded and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and 12 screenplay. www.newhumsnitybooksbookheaven.com