MANSUR HALLAJ A Collection of his Poems & The Tawasin: (Large Print & Large Format Edition)

MANSUR HALLAJ A Collection of his Poems & The Tawasin (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The Perfect Master, poet & martyr Mansur Hallaj (died 919), was born near Shiraz and tortured and executed in Baghdad for declaring: "I am the Truth (Anal Haq)." Much has been written about his famous (and in¬famous) statement, but few of his powerful, often mysteries and always deeply conscious and spiritual poems in Arabic have been translated before from his Diwan into English, and in the poetic forms in which they were composed. Now, here they are! Included is his Tawasin. This is a free-form poetic translation that captures the beauty and meaning and the mystery and the profundity of this controversial classic of Sufism. The Introduction contains: The Life, Times and Works of Mansur Hallaj, The Perfect Master (Qutub), 'Anal-Haq' or 'I am the Truth' of Mansur Hallaj, Four Master Poets of Baghdad who influenced Hallaj, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry. A large, revised selection of his qit'as, ghazals, ruba'is, qasidas, yatanas. Large Print 16pt, Large Format Paperback 8" x 10". Pages 383 Paul Smith (b. 1945) 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, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba and others and poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa