“Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of poems inspired by Hafiz). Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart.“I was very impressed with the beauty of these books.” Dr. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all.” Dr. the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. 141 pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'.“It is not a joke. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these poems. Several of his songs or kafis are still regarded as an integral part of the traditional repertoire of qawwali, the musical genre that represents the devotional music of the Sufis.
But in that age Bulleh Shah was a beacon of hope and peace for the citizens of the Punjab. His time was marked with communal strife between Muslims and Sikhs. His poetry and philosophy strongly criticizes the Islamic religious orthodoxy of his day. The poetic form Bulleh Shah is called the Kafi, a style of Punjabi poetry used not only by the Sufis of Sindh and Punjab, but also by Sikh gurus. ***BULLEH SHAH: SELECTED POEMS***Translation & Introduction by Paul SmithBulleh Shah (1680-1758) was a Sufi poet who composed in Punjabi and settled in Kasur, now in Pakistan. Suleri is a postcolonial Proust to Rushdie's phantasmagorical Pynchon."-Henry Louise Gates, Jr., Voice Literary Supplement hungering for more."-Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune "Dazzling. Those voyages Suleri narrates in great strings of words and images so rich that they left this reader. Suleri's voice has the same authority when she speaks about Pakistani politics as it does in her literary interludes."-Rone Tempest, Los Angeles Times Book Review "The author has a gift for rendering her family with a few, deft strokes, turning them out as whole and complete as eggs."-Anita Desai, Washington Post Book World "Meatless Days takes the reader through a Third World that will surprise and confound him even as it records the author's similar perplexities while coming to terms with the West. The Suleri women at home in Pakistan make this book sing."-Daniel Wolfe, New York Times Book Review "A jewel of insight and beauty. She forays lightly into Pakistani history, and deeply into the history of her family and friends. "Nine autobiographical tales that move easily back and forth among Pakistan, Britain, and the United States. Suleri of her tenacious grandmother Dadi and five siblings and of her own passage to the West. In this finely wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan, Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's independence with her own most intimate memories-of her Welsh mother of her Pakistani father, prominent political journalist Z.A. A rich cast of characters-Kaido Langra, Jhang's seemingly pious conscience-keeper Malki, the mother of a daughter she cannot understand Seida Khera, Heer's hapless fianc� a silent, watchful crow a flock of excitable pigeons who bear witness and a philosophical goat-all play their part in bringing this stirring story to life.Manjul Bajaj scratches away at the many meanings of love in the timeless tale of Heer-Ranjha, who dreamt not only of love for themselves but of a kinder, freer and fairer world for all of creation
Heer and Ranjha are destined to meet and fall in love-the former chastised for her 'manly' pursuits and the latter ridiculed for his lack thereof.Told from multiple perspectives, set against the lush riverbanks and rugged countryside of West Punjab, this is a wise, passionate and lyrical retelling of one of the subcontinent's most beloved epics.
In distant Jhang, the spirited Heer Syal is an accomplished warrior who fearlessly challenges the norms of her community. He rejects the pursuit of wealth and power as the measure of a man's worth. In the village of Takht Hazara, the musically gifted Deedho Ranjha struggles against family and society.
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