The Urdu Ruba'iyat: A Sufi Anthology – hinnat ja saatavuus

THE URDU RUBA'IYAT A Sufi Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The ruba'i is a poem of four lines in which usually the first, second and fourth lines rhyme and sometimes with the radif (refrain) after the rhyme words... sometimes all four rhyme. It is composed in metres called ruba'i metres. Each ruba'i is a separate poem in itself and should not be regarded as a part of a long poem as was created by FitzGerald when he translated those he attributed to Omar Khayyam. Its origin is in Persia The ruba'i should be eloquent, spontaneous and ingenious. In the ruba'i the first three lines serve as an introduction to the fourth that should be sublime, subtle or pithy and clever. Urdu poetry is one of the most dominant and prominent poetries of times and has many different colours & types. It has generated its root from Arabic but mainly from Persian and is an important part of Indian & Pakistani Culture. What is the essential belief and philosophy of the Sufi and Dervish Masters and Poets? To put it as simply as possibly... The Love of God, the belief in God in human form, the love and respect for all of God's Creation and to try to not hurt anyone or thing.. THE POETS... Qutub Shah, Sauda, Dard, Mir, Aatish, Zauq, Ghalib, Momin, Dabir, Anees, Hali, Akbar Allahabadi, Shad, Iqbal, Mehroom, Firaq, Josh, Faiz. This is the only translation of a large selection of Sufi Urdu Poets in the correct rhyme structure of the originals. Introduction on the Urdu Language, Urdu Poetry, Life & Times & Poetry of all the poets and on the ruba'i. Selected Bibliographies. Large Print (16pt) & Format Edition ('7 x'10) 430 pages. 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, Khayyam, Rudaki and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa