THE BIG BOOK OF SUFI POETRY: An AnthologyTranslations & Introductions Paul SmithCONTENTS: Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry, The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ka
IBN ‘ARABI: LIFE & POEMSTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithIn the West he is known as the Doctor Maximus and in the Islamic world as The Great Master. Born in Murcia in Spain in 1165 his fa
BABA AFZAL: LIFE & POEMSTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithBaba Afzal (1186-1256) came from Maraq near Kashan. He is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjec
LAYLA AND MAJNUN: NIZAMITranslation & Introduction by Paul SmithIt is impossible to underestimate the effect of Nizami’s ‘Layla and Majnun’ on the world over the past 800 years. Many poets through
‘IRAQI: LIFE & POEMSTranslation & Introduction Paul Smith‘Iraqi (1213-1289) was the author of a Divan of spiritual ghazals and ruba’is and the famous work in prose and poetry… Lama’at, ‘Divine
~DIVAN OF HAFIZ~DIVAN OF HAFIZRevised Translation & Introduction Paul SmithHafiz was born in Shiraz, Persia (Iran) in 1320 and died there in 1392. He is considered by many of the world’s great poe
