Hafiz, Drunk with God: Selected Odes - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1450542662 ISBN 13: 9781450542661

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

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From the author of Hafiz, the Voice of God; Khusro, the Indian Orpheus; and Ghalib, the Indian Beloved, comes this stunning collection of nearly three hundred selected and merry Eastern odes by the Persian wordsmith Hafiz, who was able to capture both the human as well as the divine. In Hafiz, Drunk with God, Khalid Hameed Shaida returns to the great mystic poet who left as a body of work nearly six hundred poems of praise and passion. Hafiz was certain that love conquered all, testing the complicated heartstrings of love and beauty with each line and every stanza. In Shaida's interpretation, Hafiz ultimately takes a wonderfully contemporary beat, yet the original Eastern rhythm is preserved. Each poem illustrates how challenging it is to separate the individual from his or her godlike nature-and beauty from love. Reflecting on man and God, this enduring collection is exhilarating, relevant, and essential.

Biografía del autor

Born in India, Khalid Hameed Shaida was educated in Delhi and Aligarh, India before earning a medical degree from King Edward Medical College in Pakistan. He practiced medicine in both Canada and the United States and upon his reirement became interested in Persian poetry. He has since translated and published collections of Persian odes of the great masters, Khusro,Hafiz, Ghalib, and Iqbal in his mother tongue of Urdu. He later developed an interest in English Poetry and translated Khusro, the Indian Orpheus and Hafiz, the Voice of God to English. Currently, he and his wife enjoy a quite life in Friendswood, Texas.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1450542662
• ISBN 13: 9781450542661
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 340