How Long to Read Divan of Zauq

How Long Does it Take to Read Divan of Zauq?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Divan of Zauq by Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

DIVAN of ZAUQ Translation & Introduction Paul SmithMohammad Ibrahim took Zauq (meaning 'taste') as his takhallus or pen-name. He was born at Delhi in 1788. His father was a lowly paid soldier. Zauq, not having proper treatment on account of the poverty of his family survived attacks of small-pox nine times during his childhood. Shah Naseer was the most famous master poet of Delhi. Naseer recognised natural talent and made him his pupil. Gradually, Zauq began participating in readings. His natural way with poetry and his obsession to excel in it eventually brought fame and fortune. He was the Poet-laureate and Spiritual Master of the last Mughal Emperpr of India, the Sufi Poet Badhar Shah Zafar. He was a prominent contemporary of Ghalib and in the history of Urdu poetry the rivalry of the two is well known and during his lifetime Zauq was more popular than his now much more famous rival. He was a religious man and in his ghazals he often dealt with mystical (Sufi) themes. Most of his poems were lost during the mutiny of 1857. He had passed away two years earlier in 1855. His Urdu Divan is composed of ghazals and ruba'is, qasidas and sher (rhyming couplets). Here is the largest selection in the correct form and meaning of his poems. Introduction: The Life & Poetry & Times of Zauq, Sufism in Poetry, Some of the Poetic Forms Used by Zauq, Selected Bibliography. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 185 pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart."Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of hs own poems based on those of Hafiz). Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafez, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in ud-din Chishti, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Hallaj, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Ghalib, 'Iraqi, Iqbal, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Farid, Rahman Baba, Nazir, Jigar, Seemab, Iqbal, Dard, Hali, Zafar and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, childrens books, a dozen screenplays.

How long is Divan of Zauq?

Divan of Zauq by Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq is 188 pages long, and a total of 48,504 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Divan of Zauq Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 25 minutes to read Divan of Zauq aloud.

What Reading Level is Divan of Zauq?

Divan of Zauq is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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