Contents Introduction (i) Ghazals 1. Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) 3 2. Insha Allah Khan Insha (1752-1818) 39 3. Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775-1862) 41 4. Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim Zauq (1788-1855) 51 5. Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869) 59 6. Dagh Dehlvi (1831-1905) 125 7. Sir Mohammed Iqbal (1873-1938) 133 8. Fani Badayuni (1879-1941) 149 9. Brij Narain Chakbast (1882-1926) 159 10. Asghar Gondvi (1884-1936) 167 11. Jigar Moradabadi (1893-1960) 177 12. Raghupati Sahai Firaq (1896-1982) 191 13. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) 209 Nazms 14. Nazir Akbarabadi (1732-1830) (0 Annals of Man (AadmiNama) 215 (if) Old Age (Burhapa) 223 15. Babar Ali Anees (1804-1874) (i) The Burning Plain of Karbala (Garmi-e-Dasht-e-Karbala) 233 16. Ram Parshad Bismil (1867-1917) (i) Desire for Self-sacrifice (Sar Faroshi ki Tamanna) 239 (ii) For Long Had the Memory of Home (DoorTakYaad-e-WatanAaiThi...) 243 17. Sir Mohammed Iqbal (1873-1938) (i) Song of Hindustan (Tarana-e-Hindi) 247 (ii) Naya Shivala 249 (Hi) Saqi Naama 251 (iv) A Picture of Pain (Tasveer-e-Dard) 261 (v) The Edict of God (Farmaan-e-Khuda) 271 18. Tilok Chand Mehroom (1885-1966) (i)Tomb of Nur Jahan (Nur Jahan ka Mazaar) 273 19. Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhary (1900-1982) (i) The Dancing Belle (Raqasa) 281 (ii) I am as yet rather Young (Abhi tau Main Jawan hoon) 291 20. Josh Malihabadi (1898-1982) (i) The Toiling Beauty (Husn aur Mazdoori) 297 21. Akhtar Sheerani (1905-1948) (i) Woman (Aurat) 303 22. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) (i) Ask me not, my love, for the love of former days (Mujh se Pehli si Mohabbat.) 307 (ii) My love, my life! (Mere Humdam, Mere Dost) 309 23. Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz (1911-1955) (i)Aawara 313 24. Abdul Haie Sahir Ludhianvi (1922-1980) (z) Taj Mahal 321 (ii) O Gentlemen! (Ai Shrif Insaan) 325 Humorous Poetry 25. Akbar Allahabad! (1846-1921) (i) Majnun's reply to Laila's Mother 331 26. Zarif Lucknavi (1870-1937) (i) The Plague of Elections (Shaamat-e-Election) 333 27. HajiLaqLaq(1961) (i)AimofLife(Maqsad-e-Hayaat) 337 (ii) Income and Expenditure (Aamadni aur Kharcha) 341 28. Shaukat Thanvi (1904-1963) (i) The Dream of Freedom (Khwab-e-Azadi) 345 {ii) The Poet's Wife (Shaair ki Biwi) 349 {Hi) Family Planning 355 29. Waqif Muradabadi (1904-1966) (i) Interview 357 30. Sayed Mohammed Jafri (1905-1976) (0 The Clerk 361 (ii) The Sweeper's Strike (Bhangion ki Hartaal) 365 31. Majid Lahori (1913-1957) (/) Now that I am a Minister (Man ke ek Minister Hoon) 369 32. Furqat Kakorvi (1914-1973) (Family Planning) 373 33. Dilawar Figar (1928-1998) (i) Poet Laureate (Shaair-e-Azam) 377 34. Saghir Khayaami (1946) (i) Ghalib in Delhi (Ghalib Dilli Mein) 381 Rubaiyaat 35. MirTaqiMir 391 36. Zauq 395 37. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869) 397 38. Anees 399 39. Hali 401 40. Akbar Hussain Khan Akbar Allahabadi (1846-1921) 403 41. Firaq Gorakhpuri 405 42. Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi 409 43. Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) 411 44. Dilawar Figar 415 45. Naresh Kumar Shad (1927-1969) 417 PPN: 266347215 Titel: Glimpses of Urdu poetry : selected ghazals, nazms, humorous poetry, rubaies; text, translation and transliteration / K. C. Kanda. - New Delhi : Lotus Press, 2007 ISBN: 81-8382-105-7pbk. Bibliographischer Datensatz im SWB-Verbund.