Paul Smith HAFEZ FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY : Selected Ghazals of Hafez and

HAFEZ FOR THE TWENTYFIRST CENTURY Selected Ghazals of Hafez and Ghazals inspired by them by his Translator Paul Smith. The ghazal, spiritual love poems or mystical blues in a strict rhymingstructure, are still very popular in the Indian Subcontinent and the MiddleEast of today. It is the oldest of all forms of poetry. The greatest Master of the ghazal was Hafez of Shiraz (13201392). This is a completely revised edition of a poetic translation of hundreds of Hafezs masterpieces from his Divan. The spiritual and historical and human content is here in understandable, beautiful poetry the correct rhymestructure has been achieved, without intruding, in readable English for the first time. Each poem is followed by a ghazal by his translator for many years Paul Smith, using the first couplets of Hafezs ghazals for inspiration, truly relevant for this age, as do remain those of Hafez. Gertrude Bell "It is as if his mental Eye, endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit." In the Introduction Hafezs life story is told in greater detail than anywhere else his spirituality is explored, the form and function and influence of his poetry on the east west .Included are notes to many poems, glossary, selected bibliography and two appendixes. Meher Baba "There is no equal to Hafiz in poetry. He was a Perfect Master ... His Divan is the best book in the world because it engenders feelings which... | Paul Smith HAFEZ FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY : Selected Ghazals of Hafez and