Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (1916-2006)
Ab aik baar to qudrat javaabdeh thehre hazaar baar ham insaan aazmaaye gaye Now Nature must...
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Faiz’s Shaam
Faiz’s poem Shaam with a translation by Agha Shahid Ali.Thanks to Junaid for the contribution. Iss...
People of this Murderous City
The other day, I translated my poem in Urdu written after the events of 27 December,...
Sahir Ludhianvi’s Taj Mahal
- Arts & Culture
- Countries & Regions
- India
- Love
- Poetry
- South Asia
- South Asian Literature
- Urdu
- Urdu Literature
- World Literature
Sahir Ludhianvi’s immortal poem Taj Mahal has always fascinated me. It takes a most unconventional take...
Du’aa (Prayer) on the Independence Day
- Arts & Culture
- Pakistan
- Pakistani Art
- Poetry
- South Asia
- South Asian Literature
- Translations
- Urdu
- Urdu Literature
This moving poem by Faiz was written forty years ago and still sounds so fresh and...
The Story of Gul Badshah – Z. Nigah
Zehra Nigah’s beautiful poem for an Afghan boy, a victim of the war that was waged...
