Lives of the Urdu & Pashtu Poets

LIVES OF THE URDU & PASHTU POETS by Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Ghazal in Urdu & Pashtu Poetry... 7, Ghazal Singing in India, Pakistan & Afghanistan... 17, The Ruba'i in Urdu & Pashtu Poetry... 20, The Masnavi in Urdu & Pashtu Poetry... 25 LIVES OF THE URDU POETS: Amir Khusrau 29, Qutub Shah 38, Wali 40, Sauda 42, Dard 44, Nazir 46, Mir 74, Aatish 77, Zafar 79, Zauq 82, Ghalib 84, Momin 97, Shefta 99, Dagh 101, Dabir 103, Anees 104, Hali 106, Akbar Allahabadi 107, Shad 109, Inayat Khan 111, Iqbal 114, Asghar 129, Mehroom 131, Jigar 132, Huma 134, Firaq 138, Josh 140, Faiz 142. LIVES OF THE PASHTU POETS: Mirza 147, Khushal Khan 149, Ashraf Khan 163, Abdul-Kadir 165, Rahman Baba 168, Khwaja Mohammad 174, Hamid 175, Ahmad Shah 177, Shaida 180. Books of 'Further Reading' to discover translations of their poems & more on their lives are given for each poet. 181 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages, including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Iqbal, Ghalib, and others and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa