Iqbal: Selected Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1490551328 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Not so good You will get Iqbal's poems but the page you see is mostly garbage about Iqbal's history and about random stuff about eastern poetry and in the end there are advertisements for the rest of Paul Smith's books so in essence just a few pages actually have poetry.
. 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, Mu’in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi and many others, as well as his
These ideas found expression in his long poems written in Persian, presumably to gain his ideas an audience in the Moslem world outside India. “Superb translations. *IQBAL* SELECTED POETRY Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Muhammad Iqbal (1873-1938) was born in Sialkot, Punjab. of Literature) Tehran. Becoming convinced that Muslims were in danger from the Hindu majority if India should become independent, he gave his support to Jinnah as the leader of India’s Muslims. ” Dr. “It is not a joke the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. Here is the largest collection of his poems in English in book form, in the correct rhyme-structure and meaning. He turned to Islam and Sufism for inspiration and rejected nationalism as a disease of the West. The philosophies of Nietzsche and Bergson influenced him and he became critical of Western civilization that he regarded as decadent. I am astonished. 183 pages. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Ar
. About the 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, Mu’in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Makhfi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children’s books and a dozen screenplays