SEEMAB A Modern Urdu Sufi Poet: Selected Poems

SEEMAB A Modern Urdu Sufi Poet. Selected Poems. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Seemab began ghazal writing in the 19th century and became a disciple of the poet Dagh Dehlvi. He composed a remarkable Urdu translation in rhyming poetry of the Quran. He also translated into Urdu the Masnavi of Rumi, a massive task. His ghazals are suffused with true Sufism. The Perfect Spiritual Master, Meher Baba while listening to the singing of a ghazal of Seemab was so impressed by a particular couplet that he stopped the singer and declared that because of it he had bestowed on Seemab Akbarabadi the ultimate gift of liberation or God-realization. The first poem in this collection is that ghazal. This is the only translation of a selection of his many books of ghazals and it has the correct rhyme structure of the originals. Introduction on Urdu Poetry, The Ghazal in Urdu Poetry, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry, his Life & Times & Poetry. Large Priny (16pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition, 146 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. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical 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 was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many 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, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mu'in, Rab'ia and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books. amazon.com/author/smithpa