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The Nightingale in the Garden of Love
The Poems of Uftade
Paul Ballanfat
Translated from the French by Angela Culme-Seymour
Born in 1490, Hazret-i Pir-i Üftade was one of the great masters of Ottoman Sufism at the height of that Empire, and founder of the Celvetiyye order. His primary focus was not on writing (this collection of poems is one of the few pieces of his writing that still survives), and most of what we know of him is courtesy of his favourite disciple, 'Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi, who kept a near-daily journal of the spiritual education that he received from his master.
Üftade was not, strictly speaking, a mystical poet like Yunus Emre
or Niyazi Misri, and these poems reflect, above all, his interior state
and the advice he imparted to his disciples. Üftade is not connected
to the line of Persian mystical poetry, and his simple poems belong in
the category of religious songs that accompany ceremonies of collective
invocation.
This important Divan is preceded by Paul Ballanfat's detailed biography,
in itself an extremely valuable document and perhaps the best available
in English, which will introduce readers to the life, deep insight, and
profound knowledge of this great spiritual figure.
About the translators
Paul Ballanfat studied Philosophy and Islamic Studies as well as Arabic, Turkish and Persian. He currently teaches at the Jean Moulin University at Lyon, France. He has concentrated on Sufism in Persian and Turkish culture, and is author of several books in French, including translations of Ruzbehan Baqli Shirazi’s The Spirits’ Procession and The Unveiling of Secrets and Najm al-din Kubra’s The Blossoming of Beauty and the Scents of Majesty.
Angela Culme-Seymour is Honorary President of the Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society. She lives in Scotland. Her translations from French include Ibn 'Arabi's Fusus al-hikam (published as The Wisdom of the Prophets) and 'Abd al-Karim al-Jili's Al-insan al-kamil (published as Universal Man).
Book
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192 pages, 210 x 148 mm
ISBN: 0 9534513 8 0
Published: 2005
Paperback: £13.95 |
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“The nightingale in the garden of love, Hazret-i Üftade is”
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