Without a doubt, Perveen Shakir is one of the best-loved poets of the Urdu-speaking world. This long-awaited translation makes her work accessible to a more diverse audience. Rendered into English with the steady hand of a poet, these translations capture the resonance and flow of the originals. Both for the reader who knows Perveen Shakir as well as the one who does not, the poems in this volume offer a glimpse into the full breadth of her work. Between the chilling piece that opens the collection, and the troubling finale, many poems here will surprise even those who are already familiar with her work in Urdu.…mehr
Without a doubt, Perveen Shakir is one of the best-loved poets of the Urdu-speaking world. This long-awaited translation makes her work accessible to a more diverse audience. Rendered into English with the steady hand of a poet, these translations capture the resonance and flow of the originals. Both for the reader who knows Perveen Shakir as well as the one who does not, the poems in this volume offer a glimpse into the full breadth of her work. Between the chilling piece that opens the collection, and the troubling finale, many poems here will surprise even those who are already familiar with her work in Urdu.
Perveen Shakir (1952-1994), was a Pakistani poet who is highly revered in literary and popular circles in the Urdu-speaking world and its diaspora. To this day, Maah-e-Tamaam (Full Moon), a compilation of her works published during her lifetime, is a staple on Urdu bookshelves in shops and homes. One volume of her verse, Qaf-e-Aaina (Mirror's Rim) was published posthumously. For her poetic works, she received the most coveted literary honours in South Asia, including the Faiz Ahmed Faiz International Award for Poetry in India, and the President's Pride of Performance Award for Literature in Pakistan, among many others. Translator: Naima Rashid is an author, poet, and literary translator. Her forthcoming works include her own poetry and fiction, as well as a series of literary translations from Urdu, Punjabi, and French into English (after 2020). She has a background in linguistics, education, and writing, and has taught French language at the French Consulate of Jeddah and the Alliance Française de Lahore, and and literature at the Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore. Her writings on visual arts and other subjects have appeared in Newsline magazine and other publications. This is her first book.
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List of Transliteration and Urdu Poems Acknowledgements Translator's Introduction Note on this Edition 1. When the Wolves Come 2. Circle of Life 3. Nickname 4. Talking to Myself 5. Basheer's Wife 6. A Poem Composed Upon the Rubble 7. We Are All Dr Faustus 8. A Special Steel Mills Worker 9. The Epiphany of Basu 10. Karachi 11. Just a Girl 12. Neelum-River of a Million Hues! 13. To Prince Saif-ul-Mulook 14. A Voice from Down Under 15. Stenographer 16. Working Woman 17. The Dilemma of a Female Social Worker 18. Beyond the Night 19. It Took so Many Years 20. A Poem for Yasser Arafat 21. Prostration 22. Omen 23. Your Attitude 24. Accountability 25. Verse 26. Timely Repentance 27. An Unearthly Night 28. A Suggestion 29. The Missing Link 30. Chain Reaction 31. Creator of the Universe 32. A Daughter of Sindh Pleads to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 33. Westminster Abbey 34. Lonely Planet 35. Will 36. Macbeth 37. Nun 38. Topsy Turvy (Ghazal) 39. Snake-stung 40. O My Bleeding Shackled City! 41. Tomato Ketchup 42. Lessons from Rivers 43. Once Again, the Same Decree 44. Tombstone 45. The Suggestion of a Senior Officer 46. On the Clifton Bridge 47. What Journey Remains 48. A Poem for My Son 49. Those with the Memory of Camels 50. Verdict 51. Misfit 52. What Will Become of the Flowers? 53. Who Does Not Long for Travel? 54. Our Dilemma is This 55. A Voice Keeps Calling Out 56. For a Poetess 57. Mischief 58. A Kohistani Dilemma 59. Islamabad, by Early Morn 60. To My Life Partner 61. Deprivation 62. Echo 63. Ransom 64. When the Wind Blows 65. Companion 66. Sorcery 67. Hearing 68. Season 69. The Black Day 70. A Sad Poem 71. Peacock 72. Sentinels 73. Do Bear in Mind 74. Prayer 75. Helplessness 76. Dream Come True 77. When it Rains 78. A New Night 79. To God 80. Tantrum 81. Trial 82. Devotee 83. Reproach 84. Childishness 85. Taj Mahal 86. Gratitude 87. Confusion 88. Stranger 89. A Prayer for a Season 90. Moon 91. Facing Up 92. Word of Caution 93. Friend 94. The Sail and the Dress 95. Déjà Vu 96. To a Friend 97. Access Denied 98. Olympics 99. To Ali, the Healer of Maladies 100. Demonetization Note on Transliteration Appendices Transliteration and Urdu Poems
List of Transliteration and Urdu Poems Acknowledgements Translator's Introduction Note on this Edition 1. When the Wolves Come 2. Circle of Life 3. Nickname 4. Talking to Myself 5. Basheer's Wife 6. A Poem Composed Upon the Rubble 7. We Are All Dr Faustus 8. A Special Steel Mills Worker 9. The Epiphany of Basu 10. Karachi 11. Just a Girl 12. Neelum-River of a Million Hues! 13. To Prince Saif-ul-Mulook 14. A Voice from Down Under 15. Stenographer 16. Working Woman 17. The Dilemma of a Female Social Worker 18. Beyond the Night 19. It Took so Many Years 20. A Poem for Yasser Arafat 21. Prostration 22. Omen 23. Your Attitude 24. Accountability 25. Verse 26. Timely Repentance 27. An Unearthly Night 28. A Suggestion 29. The Missing Link 30. Chain Reaction 31. Creator of the Universe 32. A Daughter of Sindh Pleads to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) 33. Westminster Abbey 34. Lonely Planet 35. Will 36. Macbeth 37. Nun 38. Topsy Turvy (Ghazal) 39. Snake-stung 40. O My Bleeding Shackled City! 41. Tomato Ketchup 42. Lessons from Rivers 43. Once Again, the Same Decree 44. Tombstone 45. The Suggestion of a Senior Officer 46. On the Clifton Bridge 47. What Journey Remains 48. A Poem for My Son 49. Those with the Memory of Camels 50. Verdict 51. Misfit 52. What Will Become of the Flowers? 53. Who Does Not Long for Travel? 54. Our Dilemma is This 55. A Voice Keeps Calling Out 56. For a Poetess 57. Mischief 58. A Kohistani Dilemma 59. Islamabad, by Early Morn 60. To My Life Partner 61. Deprivation 62. Echo 63. Ransom 64. When the Wind Blows 65. Companion 66. Sorcery 67. Hearing 68. Season 69. The Black Day 70. A Sad Poem 71. Peacock 72. Sentinels 73. Do Bear in Mind 74. Prayer 75. Helplessness 76. Dream Come True 77. When it Rains 78. A New Night 79. To God 80. Tantrum 81. Trial 82. Devotee 83. Reproach 84. Childishness 85. Taj Mahal 86. Gratitude 87. Confusion 88. Stranger 89. A Prayer for a Season 90. Moon 91. Facing Up 92. Word of Caution 93. Friend 94. The Sail and the Dress 95. Déjà Vu 96. To a Friend 97. Access Denied 98. Olympics 99. To Ali, the Healer of Maladies 100. Demonetization Note on Transliteration Appendices Transliteration and Urdu Poems
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