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This book is intended to introduce the reader to the best specimens of the
Urdu Nazm as distinguished from the ghazal. It contains English translation
of 42 Nazms, chosen from the works of 19 famous poets. All the poems
presented in this collection are now counted among the classics of Urdu
poetry. Each poem is first given in Urdu calligraphics, followed on the
opposite page by its translation in lucid rhythmical language, and is
succeeded by the romanised version of Urdu text.

Mirza Mohammed Rafi Sauda (1713-1781)		25
Khwaja Mir Dard (1720-1784)			31
Mir Taqi Mir (1722-1808)			37
Qalandar Bakhsh Jurrat (1748-1809)		51
Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim Zauq (1789-54)		57
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869)		63
Momin Khan Momin (1800-1852)			67
Mirza Salamat Ali Dabir (1803-1875)		75
Mir Babar Ali Anees (1804-74)			85
Abdul Aleem Aasi Ghazipuri (1834-1917)		93
Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali (1837-1914)		97
Akbar Hussain Khan Akbar Allahabadi (1846-1921)	107
Sayed Ali Mohammed Shah Azimabadi (1846-1927)	113
Suraj Narain Mehar (1859-1931)			121
Sayed Ahmed Hussain Amjad Hyderabadi (1878-61)	123
Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni (1879-1941)	133
Yaas Yagana Changezi (1884-1956)		139
Labhu Ram Josh Malsiani (1884-1976)		143
Tilok Chand Mehroom (1887-1965)			147
Jagat Mohan Lal Rawan (1889-1934)		153
Raghupati Sahai Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896-1982)	161
Shabbir Hasan Khan Josh Malihabadi (1898-1982)	173
Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984)			195
Naresh Kumar Shad (1927-1969)			205