The Glory of India: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry in English Translation
The Glory of India: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry in English Translation
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2017
Pages: 334
Size: 140 x 216 mm
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Description:
The Glory of India: An anthology of Urdu Poetry in English translation, with its English and Hindi translations, brings out vividly how Urdu poetry has professed and practised down the ages the lofty ideals of nation building, patriotism, peaceful co-existence and catholocity of mind. It brings into sharper light the engagement of Urdu poets with the Freedom movement and national integration. It affords an opportunity to non-Urdu readers to gain or renew their acquaintance with the rich, indigenous tradition of Urdu literature.
The book is divided into three sections. The first section of the book titled “Glory of the Nation” carries ten nuanced poems on India written by prominent Urdu poets including Durga Sahai Suroor Jehanabadi,
Zafar Ali Khan, Mohammad Iqbal, Anand Narayn Mulla and Ali Sardar Jafri. The second section titled “National and Religious Leaders” carries sixteen poems on the leaders of our freedom struggle who also nurtured the values India today stands for. The third section, “The Indian Spectacle” carries thirty-one poems explicating emotional, cultural, spiritual and physical contours of what constitutes India.
The poems present a plethora of tantalizing glimpses of India and they showcase the assimilative nature of Urdu poetry.
Target Audience:
People interested in Urdu Literature & Poetry. It affords an opportunity to non-Urdu readers to gain or renew their acquaintance with the rich, indigenous tradition of Urdu literature.
Contents
Dedication • Foreword • Acknowledgement • Contributors • Introduction - Prof M. Shafey Kidwai
Section I: Glory of the Nation
Chapter 1: Garden of the Nation (Gulzar-e Watan) - Durga Sahai Suroor Jahanabadi (Translator:Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 2: India (Hindustan) - Zafar Ali Khan (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 3: Song of India (Tarana-e Hindi) - Mohammad Iqbal (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 4: Song of the Nation (Watan ka Raag) - Hamidullah Afsar Meeruti (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 5: Home Land (Zameene-e Watan) - Anand Narayn Mulla (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 6: This India (Yeh Hindustan) - Ali Sardar Jafri (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 7: Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) - Jagan Nath Azad (Translator: Javed Ahmed Lone)
Chapter 8: Taj Mahal - Syed Iftekharul Hasan Unwan Chishti (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 9: To the Sons of East India Company (East India Company ke Farzandon ke Naam) - Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 10: Address to Slaves (Ghulamon se Khitab) - Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Section II: National and Religious Leaders
Chapter 11: Tilak - Syed Fazal-ul Hasan Hasrat Mohani (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 12: Gopal Krishna Gokhale - Brij Narayan Chakbast (Translator: Shabir Magami)
Chapter 13: Shaheed Bhagat Singh - Tilok Chand Mahroom (Translator: Shabir Magami)
Chapter 14: Swaraj - Zafar Ali Khan (Translator: Mohd Ashraf Peer)
Chapter 15: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - Tilok Chand Mahroom (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 16: Mahatma Gandhi's Assassination (Mahatma Gandhi ka Qatl) - Anand Narayn Mulla (Translator: Shabir Magami)
Chapter 17: The Voice of Tipu (Tipu ki Awaz) - Ale Ahmad Suroor (Translator: Shabir Magami)
Chapter 18: Motilal Nehru - Ale Ahmad Suroor (Translator: Shabir Magami)
Chapter 19: Lakshmi Bai - Gurbakhsh Singh Makhmoor Jalandhari (Translator: Aysha Munira Rasheed)
Chapter 20: Chand Sultana - Afsar Seemabi Ahmednagari (Translator: Haris Qadeer)
Chapter 21: On the Death of Mahatma Gandhi (Saniha) - Asrarul Haq Majaz (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 22: Hazrat Mohammad Sallam - Altaf Husain Hali (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 23: Ram - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 24: Gautam Buddha - Syed Aashiq Husain Seemab Akbarabadi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 25: Krishna - Syed Fazal-ul Hasan Hasrat Mohani (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 26: In The Praise of Lord Shiva (Shiv Ji ki Tareef Main) - Munshi Bishweshwar Prasad Munawwar Lakhnawi (Translator: Ameen Parray)
Section III: The Indian Spectacle
Chapter 27: Atrocities in Punjab (Muzalim Punjab) - Zafar Ali Khan (Translator: Haris Qadeer)
Chapter 28: A Desire (Ek Arzoo) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Peer Mohd Ashraf)
Chapter 29: Man and Nature (Insaan aur Bazm-e Qudrat) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Khursheed Ahmad Qazi)
Chapter 30: Firefly (Jugnu) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Khursheed Ahmad Qazi)
Chapter 31: Moon and Stars (Chand aur Taare) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Khursheed Ahmad Qazi)
Chapter 32: Flowers (Phool) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Khursheed Ahmad Qazi)
Chapter 33: The Night's Stupor (Raat ki Kaifiyat) - Mohammad Husain Azad (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 34: The Rainy Season (Barkha Rut) - Altaf Husain Hali (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 35: Ardour of the Rainfall (Barsaat ki Umang) - Sayyid Fazl-ul Hasan Hasrat Mohani (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 36: Morning Extraordinaire (Albeli Subha) - Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 37: Spring (Basant) - Nazeer Ludhianwi (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 38: Mid-day (Dopahar) - Akhtar Ansari (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 39: Twilight in the Countryside (Dehaat ki Shaam) - Jaan Nisar Akhtar (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 40: Dream of the Isles (Jazeeron ka Khwaab) - Wiqar Ahmad Shahab Jafri (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 41: Evening (Shaam) - Nida Fazli (Translator: Mohd Ashraf Peer)
Chapter 42: A Night in the Gangetic Valley (Vadi-e Ganga Me Ek Raat) - Mohammad Akhtar Khan Shirani (Translator: Faiza Abbasi)
Chapter 43: The Moon (Chand) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 44: A Midday in Spring Season (Bahaar ki Ek Dopahar) - Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 45: Amidst Flowers (Phool Walon ki Sair) - Gopi Nath Aman Dehalwi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 46: Himalaya (Himala) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 47: New Moon (Mah-e Nau) - Muhammad Iqbal (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 48: Bathing in the River Ganga (Ganga Asnan) - Saqib Kanpuri (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 49: By the Banks of the Tighra (Tighra ke Kinare) - Jaan Nisar Akhtar (Translator: Ishrat Basheer)
Chapter 50: A Yearning River (Pyaasi Nadi) - Jaan Nisar Akhtar (Translator: Ishrat Basheer)
Chapter 51: The River Chenab (Ai Darya-e Chenab) - Jagan Nath Azad (Translator: Ishrat Basheer)
Chapter 52: The Ganges (Ganga) - Rahi Masoom Raza (Translator: Ishrat Basheer)
Chapter 53: The Bengal Famine (Qahte Bengal) - Ali Sikandar Jigar Moradabadi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 54: Lucknow - Muhammad Akhtar Khan Akhtar Shirani (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 55: Aligarh - Asrarul Haq Majaz (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 56: Hyderabad - Sikandar Ali Wajd (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Chapter 57: Qila Ahmed Nagar - Kaifi Azmi (Translator: Sami Rafiq)
Profiles of Some non-Muslim Urdu Poets of Our Time - By Abdul Sabur Kidwai
Compiled, translated & annotated by:
Professor Sami Rafiq is Professor of English at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Professor Saghir Afraheim is Professor of Urdu at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Dr Faiza Abbasi is Assistant Professor at UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
