Hasan Dehlavi

HASAN DEHLAVI: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Hasan Dehlavi (1253-1328) was a close friend of the great Amir Khusrau and he himself achieved greatness as a poet and Sufi. In… Lue lisää HASAN DEHLAVI: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Hasan Dehlavi (1253-1328) was a close friend of the great Amir Khusrau and he himself achieved greatness as a poet and Sufi. In his youth although he belonged to a prominent family he worked as an apprentice in a bakery where he met Khusrau who took him to meet his master the Sufi Spiritual Master Nizam ud-din Auliya of the Chishti order. He composed over 800 ghazals, being influenced by Sadi he began to be called the 'Sadi of Hindustan'. His ghazals carried usually only one theme and were simple and natural in their language, using words that were commonly used. In his Divan of 10,000 couplets many qit'a's and ruba'is are on love. Rhyme-structures & meaning have been kept. Introduction: Life and Poetry, Poetic Forms, Bibliography. Pages 120. Introduction to Sufi Poets Series 'AISHAH Al-BA'UNIYAH, AMIR KHUSRAU, ANSARI, ANVARI, AL-MA'ARRI, 'ATTAR, ABU SA'ID, AUHAD UD-DIN, BABA FARID, BABA AZFAL, BABA TAHIR, BEDIL, BULLEH SHAH, DARA SHIKOH, GHALIB, HAFIZ, HASAN DEHLAVI, IBN 'ARABI, IBN YAMIN, IBN AL-FARID, IQBAL, INAYAT KHAN, 'IRAQI, JAHAN KHATUN, JAMI, KAMAL AD-DIN, KABIR, KHAQANI, KHAYYAM, LALLA DED, MAKHFI, MANSUR HALLAJ, 'ARIFI, MIR, MU'IN UD-DIN CHISHTI, NAZIR, NESIMI, NIZAMI, OBEYD ZAKANI, RAHMAN BABA, RUMI, SADI, SA'IB, SANA'I, SARMAD, SHABISTARI, SHAH LATIF, SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH, SULTAN BAHU, TAHIR GHANI, YUNUS EMRE, EARLY ARABIC SUFI POETS, EARLY PERSIAN SUFI POETS, URDU SUFI POETS, TURKISH SUFI POETS, AFGHAN SUFI POETS 90-120 pages each. Paul Smith 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, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre. Lalla Ded, Mahsati and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon. com/author/smithpa Published bt New Humanity Books