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Shirazi Turk is a ghazal (love poem) by the 14th-century Persian poet, Hāfez of Shiraz. It has been described as "the most familiar of Hafez's poems in the English-speaking world". [ 1 ] It was the first poem of Hafez to appear in English , [ 2 ] when William Jones made his paraphrase "A Persian Song" in 1771, based on a Latin version supplied ...
In an article comparing this poem with the better-known Shirazi Turk ode, Iraj Bashiri (1979) argues that both poems describe the five stages in the path of Love, in Sufic tradition: loss of heart (foqdān-e del), regret (ta'assof), ecstasy (wajd), loss of patience (bīsabrī), and the ardour of love (sabābat or loss of consciousness ...
The ten works, and the number of poems selected from each, are as follows: [3] Gitanjali - 69 poems (out of 157 poems in Song Offerings) Geetmalya - 17 poems; Naibadya - 16 poems; Kheya - 11 poems; Shishu - 3 poems; Chaitali - 1 poem; Smaran - 1 poem; Kalpana - 1 poem; Utsarga - 1 poem; Acholayatan - 1 poem; Song Offerings is a collection of ...
The metre is known as hazaj and is the same as that of Shirazi Turk.Each bayt or verse is made of four sections of eight syllables each. In Elwell-Sutton's system, this metre is classified as 2.1.16, and it is used in 25 (4.7%) of Hafez's 530 poems.
The 14th century poet of Shiraz, Hafez, mentions Roknabad several times, [8] but the most famous reference is the verse translated by Jones, Bell, and others taken from his Shirazi Turk poem: [9] بده ساقی می باقی که در جنت نخواهی یافت کنار آب رکنآباد و گلگشت مصلا را
Bengali poetry in English translation is a self-explanatory area. It is a sub-category of Bengali literature in English translation . Bengali poetry, and for that matter Bengali literature, has been translated into many other languages.
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Nur Qutb Alam wrote poetry in Middle Bengali using the Persian alphabet. [3] Chandidas: c. 14th century Chandidas was the first humanist in Bengali poetry. He asserted "Shobar upor manush shotto tahar upore nai" ("Above all is humanity, none else"). [4] Krittibas Ojha: c. 1381-1461 CE He translated Indian epic the Valmiki Ramayana into Bengali.