Paul Smith

Sufi Poems of Ghani Kashmiri Paul Smith Large Print & Large Format edition

SUFI POEMS OF GHANI KASHMIRI (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith... Ghani Kashmiri (1610-1668) is Kashmir's greatest Sufi poet of the Persian language. His teacher & spiritual master was another great Sufi & poet Mushin Fani. Ghani was visited in Kashmir by Sa'ib, Kalim & Qudsi (see Appendix), along with Ghani some of the most influential poets of the new style of Indian Persian poetry (Sabk-e-Hindi). He led a simple life often in seclusion and never wrote for royalty or the rich. He exposed corruption and sang of truth, love and beauty in ghazals, ruba'is, masnavis, qit'as & dohas that are unique. Both Ghalib and Iqbal were influenced by him and sang his praises. He was popular as a Sufi Perfect Master in Kashmir in his lifetime and today there and in the west for his poetry. This is the largest versions of his poems in English and the only keeping correct rhyme structure of the originals. Intro: Life & Times & Poetry of Ghani Kashmiri, Forms in Persian in which he composed, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry. Selected Bibliography. APPENDIX: Three Poets of the 'Indian Style' (Sabk-e Hindi) in Poetry who Influenced Ghani Kashmiri. Large Print (16pt) & Large Format ("7 x 10") Edition. 277 pages Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Iraqi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Seemab, and many others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa