The Book of Ecstasyor... The Ball & Polo-stick by 'Arifi Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Written by Maulana Mahmud 'Arifi (1389 - 1449) one of the last great Sufi poets of the Classical Period of Persian Poetry the Hal-nama or 'Book of Ecstasy' often referred to as 'The Ball & Polo-stick' an allegory in which the ball and the polo-stick are personified as types of Sufi mystical love and all the images are from the game of polo or as it was known...
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