Description:DAGH DEHLVI 'Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry. SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlvi was born in Delhi at Chandni Chowk in 1831. He is considered the last great poet of the Mughal period of Urdu poetry. His takhallus or pen-name of Dagh means 'scar'. His teacher of poetry became Zauq. Ghalib was a relation of his and he could also seek advice from him on his poetry. His fame as a fine poet in Delhi soon came and he was loved for his simple style and his naturalism and the musical nature of his work. Dagh Dehlvi suffered a paralytic stroke and died on the 17th March 1905 at the age of 73. He composed four Divans of ghazals (16,000 couplets) and a masnavi and some qasidas and ruba'is. His forte was the ghazal. Usage of common words and phrases and simplicity was distinctive of his style. In its totality, Dagh's poetry is idiomatic and appealing, laden with emotions and good humour. Like his pupils Iqbal, Seemab and Jigar, many of his poems have a strong Sufi influence. This is the only translation of a selection of his many books of ghazals and it has the correct rhyme structure of the originals. Introduction on the Urdu Language, Urdu Poetry, Life & Times & Poetry and on the ghazal. A Selected Bibliography. Large Print (16pt) Large Format ('7 x'10) Edition 122 pages. 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, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki and others, and poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books & screenplays. amazon.com/authoe/smithpaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with DAGH DEHLVI ‘Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry.’: SELECTED POEMS. To get started finding DAGH DEHLVI ‘Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry.’: SELECTED POEMS, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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DAGH DEHLVI ‘Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry.’: SELECTED POEMS
Description: DAGH DEHLVI 'Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry. SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlvi was born in Delhi at Chandni Chowk in 1831. He is considered the last great poet of the Mughal period of Urdu poetry. His takhallus or pen-name of Dagh means 'scar'. His teacher of poetry became Zauq. Ghalib was a relation of his and he could also seek advice from him on his poetry. His fame as a fine poet in Delhi soon came and he was loved for his simple style and his naturalism and the musical nature of his work. Dagh Dehlvi suffered a paralytic stroke and died on the 17th March 1905 at the age of 73. He composed four Divans of ghazals (16,000 couplets) and a masnavi and some qasidas and ruba'is. His forte was the ghazal. Usage of common words and phrases and simplicity was distinctive of his style. In its totality, Dagh's poetry is idiomatic and appealing, laden with emotions and good humour. Like his pupils Iqbal, Seemab and Jigar, many of his poems have a strong Sufi influence. This is the only translation of a selection of his many books of ghazals and it has the correct rhyme structure of the originals. Introduction on the Urdu Language, Urdu Poetry, Life & Times & Poetry and on the ghazal. A Selected Bibliography. Large Print (16pt) Large Format ('7 x'10) Edition 122 pages. 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, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki and others, and poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books & screenplays. amazon.com/authoe/smithpaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with DAGH DEHLVI ‘Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry.’: SELECTED POEMS. To get started finding DAGH DEHLVI ‘Last Great Poet of Mughal Period of Urdu Poetry.’: SELECTED POEMS, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.