Sijzi

HASAN SIJZI DEHLAVI Selected Poems Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi (1253-1328) was a close friend of the great Amir Khusrau and he himself achieved greatness as a poet and Sufi. In his youth although he belonged to a prominent family he worked as an apprentice in a bakery where he met Khusrau who took him to meet his master the Sufi Spiritual Master Nizam ud-din Auliya of the Chishti order. He composed over 800 ghazals, being influenced by Sadi he began to be called the ’Sadi of Hindustan’. His ghazals carried usually only one theme and were simple and natural in their language, using words that were commonly used. In his Divan of 10,000 couplets many qit’as and ruba’is are on love. Rhyme-structures & meaning have been kept. Life, Times and Poetry, Poetic Forms used by Hasan, Sufis: Art & Use of Poetry, Bibliography. Large Format Paperback, 7＂ x 10＂ 167 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH’S TRANSLATION 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.＂ 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.＂I was very impressed with the beauty of these books.＂ Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. ＂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 many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, ’Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Mansur Hallaj, Yunus Emre, Mu’in, Ibn Farid, Lalla Ded, Mahsati, Abu Said, Ghalib, Nazir, Iqbal, Inayat Khan, Jigar and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, children’s books, biographies and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa