Bulleh Shah: A Selection

by Bulleh Shah

Book Overview

This book is a collection of poems by the great Sufi poet of Punjab, Bulleh Shah (16801758), translated into English by Taufiq Rafat, one of Pakistan's premier English language poets.

Born Abdullah Shah, Bulleh Shah belonged to the oral tradition and his poems are primarily in Punjabi as well as in Siraiki. Bulleh Shahs poetry is in the Kafi style, already established with the Sufis who preceded him, and extensively use the Rubbay (quatrain)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199402884
• ISBN13: 9780199402885
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"