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Anvari: Life Poems Paperback Book

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Master Persian poet anthology
Acclaimed Paul Smith translation
90 pages beautiful verses
Witty conversational style preserved
Sufi Poets Series edition
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ANVARI Life Poems Translation Introduction Paul Smith Ahaduddin Anvari Abeverdi (11261189) was a court poet of the Seljuk sultans. Jami composed a rubai where he names him, along with Firdausi and Sadi as one of the three apostles of Persian poetry. He was also a celebrated astronomer, mathematician and scientist who admitted he gave them up for the more lucrative occupation of a court poet, that he later rejected twenty years before his death for a life of seclusion and contemplation as a Sufi. He is renowned for his delightful wittiness that can be found in many of his rubais and qitas and ghazals. He is one of the greatest Persian masters of the qasida and qita. He created a new kind of poetry by using the conversational language of his time in simple words and expressions. The correct rhymestructure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, poems. Introduction to Sufi Poets Series. 90 pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITHS TRANSLATION OF HAFIZS 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. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of books into Persian and knower of Hafizs Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary...

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