Death before dying : the Sufi poems of Sultan Bahu

by Sultan Bahu

Other authorsJamal J. Elias (Translator)
Paperback, 1998

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.

Call number

Poetry / Sultan

Barcode

BK-04503

ISBN

0520212428 / 9780520212428

CSS Library Notes

Punjabi :

Physical description

ix, 145 p.; 19 cm

Description

These 115 poems introduce readers in English to Sultan Bahu (d. 1691), a Sufi mystical poet who continues to be one of the most beloved writers in Punjabi. Bahu, whose name translates as "With God," remains highly popular in Pakistan and India today--even illiterate Punjabis can recite his poetry by heart.

Language

Original language

Panjabi

Rating

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