Title The golden tradition : an anthology of Urdu poetry. / Selected, translated, and with an introd. by Ahmed Ali

Published New York : Columbia University Press, 1973

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Description 286 pages ; 23 cm Series Studies in Oriental culture ; no. 8 Studies in Oriental culture ; no. 8 Contents Introduction. The cry of the gazelle ; The anguished heart ; The molten flame -- Poems. Note on translations -- pt. 1. The eighteenth century. Shamsuddin Mohammad Vali ; Mir Sirajuddin Siraj ; Mirza Mohammad Rafi Sauda ; Khwaja Mir Dard ; Mohammad Taqi Mir ; Vali Mohammad Nazir ; Mir Ghulam Hasan ; Insha Allah Khan Insha -- pt. 2. Nineteenth century. Bahadur Shah Zafar ; Khwaja Haider Ali Atish ; Sheik Ibrahim Zauq ; Asadullah Khan Ghalib ; Momin Khan Momin ; Mir Babbar Ali Anis ; Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Summary The introduction compares the poetry of Islamic India to Western poetry of the same periods. The anthology includes selections from the historically and culturally significant Urdu poems of the 18th and 19th centuries Analysis Poetry in Urdu, 1645-1845 Anthologies English texts Notes Includes index Subject English poetry -- Translations from Urdu English poetry. Urdu poetry -- Translations into English. Author Ali, Ahmed, 1910-1994, compiler LC no. 72010181 ISBN 0231036876 0231036884

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