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Ethics In Persian Poetry Is The Result Of A Lifelong Study Of The Author In The Interpretation Of Sufi Poetry. Sufi Poetry, In Popular Parlance Is All About Wine & Women, About Love And Romance. The Author Presents Six Eminent Sufi Poets Of The Pre-Timurid Period Including Firdawsi, Umar Khayyam, Sadi And Six Eminent Poets Of The Timurid Period Including Ibn-I-Yamin, Hafiz And Jami, In A Different Context, Bringing Out The True Meaning Of The Allegorical Verses Of These Poets Without Any Bias. The Book Offers An Insight Into The Softness And Subtlety Of Their Poetry, Combined With Crystal Like Clarity Of Their Philosophical And Ethical Thinking.
BALKH Ancient City of Sufi Masters & Poets... Selected Poems, Lives & Stories Translation & Introduction Paul SmithBalkh is an ancient city, with a 2500-year long history, situated on the plain between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the river Oxus in the north of Afghanistan. Known by Arab conquerors as the 'mother of cities', Balkh lay on the major Silk Road routes. Balkh became a prime source of Sufi philosophy and poetry and stories when its ruler Ebrahim ibn Adham (d. 782) renounced his kingdom to live a life of complete asceticism as a wandering dervish. So many Sufi poets have written stories and poems about this great Perfect Master from Balkh. Stories on his life begin this book to be ...
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