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ISBN-10: 0674251369
ISBN-13: 9780674251366
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publish Date: 02/23/2021
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.70" H

Sufi Lyrics: Selections from a World Classic

Editor: Christopher Shackle
Translator: Christopher Shackle

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Price: $19.95

Overview

A modern translation of verses by Bullhe Shah, the iconic eighteenth-century Sufi poet, treasured by readers worldwide to this day.

Bullhe Shah’s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as a master of mystical Sufi poetry. His verses, famous for their vivid style and outspoken denunciation of artificial religious divisions, have long been beloved and continue to win audiences around the world. This striking new translation is the most authoritative and engaging introduction to an enduring South Asian classic.

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The lucid and informative introduction by the volume's editor and translator, Christopher Shackle, takes readers through the trajectory of Sufism from Persia to India and the several orders within the movement in India. But most useful is a short essay on the themes of the lyrics. The poems that follow open up in all their appeal, universal and timeless in their great subject of love, endearing in their simplicity of expressiveness.–Neel Mukherjee "New Statesman" (3/5/2015 12:00:00 AM)
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Details

ISBN-10: 0674251369
ISBN-13: 9780674251366
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publish Date: 02/23/2021
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.70" H
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