The Captured Gazelle
Author | : Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ġanī |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 014341562X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780143415626 |
Rating | : 4/5 (2X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Captured Gazelle written by Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ġanī and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Captured Gazelle is an elegant and lucent translation of the poems of the seventeenth-century Persian poet Mulla Tahir Ghani, better known as Ghani Kashmiri. Eulogized by poets such as Mir and Iqbal, Ghani is an outstanding representative of Sabk-e-Hindi or the 'Indian style' in Persian poetry, which became a hallmark of the Mughal-Safavid literary culture. The introduction situates Ghani against his unique background in which Iranian and Indian poetic cultures came together to create a glorious literary age in Kashmir, while the translations capture Ghani in his wide spectrum of moods satirical, playful, self-pitying, pessimistic, mystically resigned-bringing alive his wit and ingenuity in a modern idiom without losing hold on the tone