THE ROSE GARDEN OF MYSTERY SHABISTARI Translation by Paul Smith. Introduction by E.H. Whinfield & Paul Smith The Rose Garden of Mystery was composed as a 1000 couplet long masnavi poem in the form of questions and answers on spiritual matters by Mahmud Shabistari of Tabriz in 1317 at the request of his Spiritual Master. Since then it has been regarded as one of the finest books on Sufism. E.G. Browne in his classic work, 'History of Persian Literature' calls this book "On the whole, one of the best manuals of Sufi theosophy that exists." Rev. John A. Subhan in his 'Sufism, Its Saints and...

HEARTS WITH WINGS Anthology of Persian Sufi and Dervish Poetry Translations, Introductions, Paul Smith CONTENTS: Introduction...Persian Poetry: A New Beginning... Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry... The Main Forms in Persian Sufi & Dervish Poetry... Glossary. Included with each selection of a particular poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. THE POETS... Rudaki, Baba Tahir, Abu Said, Ibn Sina, Baba Kuhi, Ansari, Al-Ghazzali, Hamadani, Sana'i,...

THE SUFI RUBA'IYAT A Treasury of Sufi and Dervish Poetry in the Ruba'i form, from Rudaki to Modern Times Translations & Introductions by Paul Smith Introduction includes...Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry... The Form of the Ruba'i in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Urdu & English Sufi & Dervish Poetry & a Glossary. Included with each selection of a particular poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. THE POETS (in Order of Appearance) Rudaki, Mansur...

THE MASTER, THE MUSE & THE POET An Autobiography in Poetry by... Paul Smith Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1945, Paul Smith began composing poems in the ancient Persian form of the ghazal at the age of 6 on his way to school. Here are most of his poems composed over the past 53 years... free-form, rhyming, ruba'is, ghazals, masnavis etc. Here are poems composed at home or travelling in the East and the U.S.A while giving readings of his poetry and translations. Here are poems of a personal nature, about human love & grief, about evolution and God and man and the environment and the past,...

Life, Times & Poetry of Nizami Paul Smith Nizami (d. 1208) is a true Sufi Master Poet who is most famous for his six books in masnavi form: The Treasury of the Mysteries, Layla and Majnun, Khrosrau and Shirin, The Seven Portraits and his two books on Alexander. He also composed a Divan of approximately 20, ooo couplets mostly in ghazals and ruba'is... tragically only 200 couplets survive. His influence on Attar, Rumi, Sadi, Hafiz and Jami and all others that followed was profound. Here a number of his ghazals and ruba'is and a qasida translated into English and a good selection from his...

THE ZEN-GOLF MURDER A Miles Driver Golfing Mystery Paul Smith Golfing champion and ex-homicide detective Miles Driver, his beautiful wheelchair-bound new wife Clare and his recently discovered mysterious father and caddie Spider Walker are in Japan for their Open Championship. Almost immediately Clare is kidnapped and Driver's new sponsor the giant Japanese golfing product corporation Fun-Tee inform him that their founder and legendary golfing master Itichi, inventor of the revolutionary and potentially lucrative Zen-Golf method of playing has also been taken. Can Driver play the games of...

RIANA A Novel by Paul Smith Riana is a classic love story, thriller and drama set in the underworld of poets, musicians and criminals in Oxford Street and Kings Cross in Sydney. It tells Riana Johnson, renowned for her dark beauty and independence; her notorious friend Larson, drug-dealer, poet and murderer and his ruthless gang headed by Fleming; O'Reilly the old drug pusher; Francis Lynburger, brilliant violinist and womanizer; Bannajee, corrupt big businessman bewitched by Riana; Fontaine and his Poetry Band and his son Rimbaud, dreamer and poet/singer in love with Riana and life; Trish,...

HUMA: SELECTED POEMS OF MEHER BABA Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Merwan S. Irani (1894-1969), known world-wide as Meher Baba, took Huma (Phoenix) as his takhallus or pen-name when he composed enlightened ghazals in a mixture of Persian, Urdu, Hindi & Gujarati in his twenties as a realized disciple of the Qutub or Perfect Master Upasni Maharaj, and also later on. He knew the ghazals of Hafiz by heart as did his father the dervish Sheriar Irani, who had originally walked to Pune in India from Khooramshah in Iran. Merwan went on to reveal himself as Qutub and later also declared himself...

HAFIZ: THE MUSICAL DRAMA HAFIZ is an aspiring poet and the ugliest man of his age: an apprentice baker, who delivers bread to the people of Shiraz, Persia. One day he catches sight of NABAT, the beautiful daughter of one of the cities wealthy traders. Smitten, HAFIZ pours his longing into his songs dedicated to the entrancing object of his desire. His words are so wondrous that the greatest minstrel of the day HAJJI, takes up his instrument and serenades HAFIZ'S loved one. Captivated by his lyrics, NABAT falls in love with HAFIZ, whose experiences with the Spiritual Guide, ATTAR, and songs...