Masnavi of Rumi: VOLUME ONE - Books One, Two & Three

MASNAVI OF RUMI

VOLUME ONE
Books One, Two & Three

Translation & Introduction Paul Smith

Here is the wonderful, timeless, immortal first three books of the Masnavi of the great Sufi Spiritual Master of the 13th century, who has become today the most popular poet in the world, Jelal ad-din Rumi. These stories/poems are powerful, down-to-earth, spiritual and full of joy, bliss and understanding. This book in Iran and elsewhere has been described as ‘The second Koran’ and is loved today even more than in the past. Included in the Introduction is the life of Rumi and Selected Bibliography and Glossary. The translation of the opening 600 couplets by Paul Smith are in the correct form and the rest of the first three books are by R.A. Nicholson in literal, modern English (the result of 30 years work) put into modern English by Paul Smith. Large Paperback Edition… 7” x 10” 739 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 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.

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, ‘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, Makhfi, Baba Farid, ‘Iraqi, Seemsab, Jigar and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, children’s books, biographies and a dozen screenplays.
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