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Rossignol  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Weekly Hafiz: The beginning

Wow, what a coincidence. I've just randomly checked Hubski today and I see this. In the past month I've been really interested in Persian and Hebrew poets from this era after buying a small book of translations of Yehuda Halevi. Practically every poem has been deeply moving and very well written, so it might be worth checking him out if you haven't already.

As I say I've taken a real interest in these poets. Last week I was looking through a book by a British Orientalist called Ouseley on Persian poetry and grammar. The Introduction had some interesting comments on Persian poets, but the rest of the book was on the language itself, which I know nothing of. Nonetheless, I did see a reference in that book to this: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WjxbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false . This is dedicated to Ouseley and contains early translation efforts of Hafiz's poetry. Maybe some translations appear in both editions and it would be of some interest to you.

Definitely good stuff. Do you know any other English translations of poets from this place and time period?