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Grip
ISBN: 9781928589761 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award."From the horrors of the Holocaust to the grace of plie, from the pyramids of Egypt to her father's passing, Yvette Neisser Moreno's noble voice in Grip explores the 'arc out of thinking' between a dawn that 'trembles with faint prayers' and death like a 'fluidity of grain.'--Clifford Bernier.
Winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award."From the horrors of the Holocaust to the grace of plie, from the pyramids of Egypt to her father's passing, Yv...
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The Seven Golden Odes of Arabia: The Mu'allaqat
ISBN: 9781480053861 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE SEVEN GOLDEN ODES OF ARABIA The Mu'allaqat Translations, Introduction Paul Smith The Mu'allaqat is the title of a group of seven long Arabic odes or qasidas that have come down from the time before Islam. Each is considered the best work of these pre-Islamic poets. The name means 'The Suspended Qasidas' or 'The Hanging Poems', the traditional explanation being that these poems were hung on or in the Kaaba at Mecca. These famous ancient Arabic qasidas are formed of three parts: they start, with a nostalgic opening in which the poet reflects on what has passed, known as nasib. A common...
THE SEVEN GOLDEN ODES OF ARABIA The Mu'allaqat Translations, Introduction Paul Smith The Mu'allaqat is the title of a group of seven long Arabic odes ...
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91,51 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of Shah Ni'matullah
ISBN: 9781480053915 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *RUBA'IYAT OF SHAH NI'TMATULLAH* Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Shah Ni'matullah Vali (1330-1431) was the founder of an order of Sufis that is today the largest in Iran. As well as a Sufi Master he was a poet who at times used 'Sayyid' as his takhallus or pen-name. He was influenced by Ibn 'Arabi and Hafiz. He came from Aleppo and after studies travelled in Egypt, Morocco, Mecca (where he met his Spiritual Master Abdullah Yafi'i). He built a monastery in Mahan near Kirman and lived there until his death. He composed many prose works on Sufism and his Divan contains over 13,000...
*RUBA'IYAT OF SHAH NI'TMATULLAH* Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Shah Ni'matullah Vali (1330-1431) was the founder of an order of Sufis that ...
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Ruba'iyat of Jahan Khatun
ISBN: 9781480089310 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF JAHAN KHATUN Translation by Paul Smith & Rezvaneh Pashai Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Jahan Khatun (1326-1416?) was the daughter of the king of one of Shiraz's most turbulent times... Masud Shah; pupil and lifelong friend of the world's greatest mystical, lyric poet, Hafiz of Shiraz; the object of crazed desire by (among others) Iran's greatest satirist, the obscene, outrageous, visionary poet Obeyd Zakani; lover, then wife of womanizer Amin al-Din, a minister of one of Persia's most loved, debauched and tragic rulers, Abu Ishak. She was cruelly imprisoned for twenty years...
RUBA'IYAT OF JAHAN KHATUN Translation by Paul Smith & Rezvaneh Pashai Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Jahan Khatun (1326-1416?) was the daughter of...
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Poems of Majnun
ISBN: 9781480103870 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. DEGREESPOEMS OF MAJNUN DEGREES Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Majnun was a real person Qays (Majnun='madman) was a youth, a Bedouin poet in the seventh century of the Bani Amir tribe in the Najd desert in Arabia. He fell in love with Layla from the same tribe whom he was denied. (It is said that Shakespeare was inspired by their tale for Romeo & Juliet from their tragic love story). Most of his recorded poetry was composed before his descent into love-madness (mast) then through a Perfect Master... his spiritual unification with his beloved. Nizami's famous telling of their tale...
DEGREESPOEMS OF MAJNUN DEGREES Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Majnun was a real person Qays (Majnun='madman) was a youth, a Bedouin poet in...
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100,66 zł |
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Hafiz and His Contemporaries: Poetry, Performance and Patronage in Fourteenth Century Iran
ISBN: 9781848851443 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hafiz of Shiraz has long been celebrated by many as the greatest Persian poet within the annals of world literature. During the fourteenth century he was master of the Persian 'ghazal'--the pre-eminent genre of love poetry in the Iranian world in its day and which, in the hands of Hafiz, reached the pinnacle of its development and refinement. Dominic Brookshaw here places Hafiz into a broader literary context by comparing his poetry with his two most important contemporaries: 'Ubayd-i Zakani and the poet-princess, Jahan-Malik Khatun, whose 'ghazals' have received insufficient scholarly...
Hafiz of Shiraz has long been celebrated by many as the greatest Persian poet within the annals of world literature. During the fourteenth century he ...
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623,64 zł |
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Nizami: The Treasury of Mysteries
ISBN: 9781479338931 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NIZAMI THE TREASURY OF MYSTERIES Translation & Introduction Paul Smith "The Makhzanol Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries), the most beautiful mystic poem in the Persian language, has both perfection of language and grandeur of thought. Every line of his Treasury of Mysteries is a living witness to his absolute certainty that piety, devotion, humility and self-forgetfulness are the corner stones of total annihilation, which in turn is necessary for unification with God and the foundation of the edifice of eternal life." G. H. Darab. Senior lecturer in Persian. University of London. Paul Smith...
NIZAMI THE TREASURY OF MYSTERIES Translation & Introduction Paul Smith "The Makhzanol Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries), the most beautiful mystic poe...
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96,09 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of Abu Sa'id
ISBN: 9781479360925 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF ABU SA'ID Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Abu Sa'id ibn Abi 'l-Khair (968-1049) was a Perfect Master and a poet who lived in Nishapur and composed only ruba'is, over 400 of them. He was a founder of Sufi poetry and a major influence on the ruba'i and most poets that followed, especially Sana'i, Nizami, 'Attar, Rumi and Hafiz. Here are 188 of his poems translated into the correct form. Included in the Introduction are the life of Abu Sa'id and a history of the ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents. Selected Bibliography. The correct rhyme-structure is kept as well...
RUBA'IYAT OF ABU SA'ID Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Abu Sa'id ibn Abi 'l-Khair (968-1049) was a Perfect Master and a poet who lived in Nis...
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96,09 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of Hafiz
ISBN: 9781479385218 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF HAFIZ Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-1392) became a Perfect Master (Qutub), was twice exiled from his beloved Shiraz for his criticism of rulers and false Sufi masters and hypocritical clergy. His Divan shows he composed in other forms including the ruba'i of which about 160 survive. As with his ghazals, his ruba'is are sometimes mystical and sometimes critical of the hypocrisy of his times. Included in the Introduction are the life of Hafiz and a history of the ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents....
RUBA'IYAT OF HAFIZ Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Persia's greatest exponent of the ghazal Hafiz (1320-1392) became a Perfect Master ...
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100,66 zł |
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Rab'ia of Basra: Selected Poems
ISBN: 9781480103238 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RABI'A OF BASRA: SELECTED POEMS Translation by Paul Smith RABI'A OF BASRA (717-801). Throughout her life, her Love of God, poverty and self-denial did not waver. She did not possess much other than a broken jug, a rush mat and a brick, which she used as a pillow. She spent nights in prayer and contemplation, chiding herself if she slept because it took her away from her active Love of God. As her fame grew she had many disciples. More interesting than her asceticism is the actual concept of Divine Love that Rabi'a introduced. She was the first to introduce the idea that God should be loved...
RABI'A OF BASRA: SELECTED POEMS Translation by Paul Smith RABI'A OF BASRA (717-801). Throughout her life, her Love of God, poverty and self-denial did...
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82,36 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of al-Ma'arri
ISBN: 9781480103955 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF AL-MA'ARRI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Life and Works of al Ma'arri, Selected Bibliography, The Ruba'i: Its Form, Use and History, Ruba'iyat of al-Ma'arri. Abu'l- 'Ala al-Ma'arri was born in Ma'arra, south of Aleppo in Syria in 973 A.D. He achieved fame as one of greatest of Arab poets. Al-Ma'arri was stricken with smallpox when four and became blind. His early poems in ruba'i form gained great popularity. As he grew older, he was able to travel to Aleppo, Antioch and other Syrian cities. Al-Ma'arri spent 18 months at Baghdad, then the centre of...
RUBA'IYAT OF AL-MA'ARRI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Life and Works of al Ma'arri, Selected Bibliography, The Ruba'i: Its Fo...
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91,51 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of Sana'i
ISBN: 9781480122437 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Shah Ni'mat'ullah: Selected Poems
ISBN: 9781480173989 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Shah Ni'mat'ullah Vali (1330-1431) was the founder of an order of Sufis that is today the largest in Iran. As well as a Sufi Master he was a poet who at times used 'Sayyid' as his takhallus or pen-name. He was influenced by Ibn 'Arabi and Hafiz. He came from Aleppo and after studies travelled in Egypt, Morocco, Mecca (where he met his Spiritual Master Abdullah Yafi'i). He built a monastery in Mahan near Kirman and lived there until his death. He composed many prose works on Sufism and his Divan contains over 13,000...
SHAH NI'MAT'ULLAH: SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Shah Ni'mat'ullah Vali (1330-1431) was the founder of an order of Sufis tha...
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82,36 zł |
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Nizami: Maxims
ISBN: 9781480181236 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NIZAMI: MAXIMS Translation & Introduction 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, Jami, Shakespeare and others that followed was profound. Included in the Introduction... on the Life, Times & Poetry of Nizami includes chapters on his...
NIZAMI: MAXIMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Nizami (d. 1208) is a true Sufi Master Poet who is most famous for his six books in masnavi form:...
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100,66 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of 'Iraqi
ISBN: 9781480181687 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF 'IRAQI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith 'Iraqi (1213-1289) was the author of a Divan of spiritual ghazals and ruba'is and the famous work in prose and poetry... Lama'at, 'Divine Flashes'... a classic of Sufi Mysticism. He was born in Hamadan in western Persia and as a child learnt the Koran by heart. He travelled from Persia to India with dervishes where he stayed for 25 years. It is said that on his travels he met Rumi. His grave is in Damascus beside that of another great Perfect Master and poet Ibn al-'Arabi. When seeing these graves a pilgrim stated, "That ('Iraqi) is...
RUBA'IYAT OF 'IRAQI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith 'Iraqi (1213-1289) was the author of a Divan of spiritual ghazals and ruba'is and the fam...
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86,93 zł |
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The Gulistan of Sa'di
ISBN: 9781602064409 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important of the medieval Persian poets, SA'DI (1194-1292) is still read widely today, with an influence that extends to Western writers such as La Fontaine, Diderot, Voltaire, Hugo, Balzac, Goethe, and Emerson. He spent much of his life traveling through Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East, returning to his native Shiraz (in what is now Iran) as an elderly man to compose works based on his experiences and wisdom gained. The Gulistan ("garden of roses"), part prose and part poetry, is divided into four "gateways" ("The Manners of Kings," "Concerning Darweeshes," "The...
One of the most important of the medieval Persian poets, SA'DI (1194-1292) is still read widely today, with an influence that extends to Western write...
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97,56 zł |
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Ruba'iyat of Anvari
ISBN: 9781480103726 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. RUBA'IYAT OF ANVARI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Ahad-ud-din Anvari Abeverdi (1126-1189) was a court poet of the Seljuk sultans. Jami composed a ruba'i where he names him, along with Firdausi and Sadi as one of the 'three apostles' of Persian poetry. He was also a celebrated astronomer, mathematician and scientist who gave them up for the more lucrative occupation of... a court poet, that he rejected twenty years before his death for a life of contemplation. He is renowned for his delightful wittiness that can be found in many of his ruba'is and qit'as and ghazals. He is known for...
RUBA'IYAT OF ANVARI Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Ahad-ud-din Anvari Abeverdi (1126-1189) was a court poet of the Seljuk sultans. Jami comp...
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86,93 zł |
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Faces of Love
ISBN: 9780143107286 / Angielski / Miękka / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literature Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew support from arts-loving rulers during a time better known for its violence than its creative brilliance. Here Dick Davis, an award-winning poet widely...
Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literature Together, Haf...
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66,92 zł |
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The Conference of the Birds
ISBN: 9780143124245 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem
Celebrated children's book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds--a lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey. Sis's deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian epic poem tells the story of a flock of birds in search of the true king, Simorgh, who lives on the mountain of Kaf. Drawn from all species, the flock travels through the seven valleys: quest, love,... An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem
Celebrated children's book cre... |
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Fullblood Arabian
ISBN: 9780811221764 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A prominent practitioner of the Arabic very short story (al-qisa al-qasira jiddan), Osama Alomar s poetic fictions embody the wisdom of Kahlil Gibran filtered through the violent gray absurdity of Assad s police state. Fullblood Arabian is the first publication of Alomar s strange, often humorously satirical allegories, where good and evil battle with indifference, avarice, and compassion using striking imagery and effervescent language."
A prominent practitioner of the Arabic very short story (al-qisa al-qasira jiddan), Osama Alomar s poetic fictions embody the wisdom of Kahlil Gibran ...
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49,18 zł |
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