Urdu Ghazals - An Anthology From 16th to 20th Century (URDU-ENGLISH)

Author: K C Kanda
Publisher: Sterling
Year: 1999/2003
Language: Bi-Lingual
Pages: 363
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8120718267

Description

This book is a companion volume to author's earlier book, Masterpieces of Urdu Ghazal which contained English translations of 108 ghazals selected from nine major poets. The present volume contains 129 ghazals representing 20 outstanding Urdu poets. Thus, this anthology, taken together with The Masterpieces, may rightly claim to be a fully representative collection of Urdu ghazals in English translation. The ghazals are carefully selected and explained in English for the average readers as well as Urdu Connoisseurs. The book contains brief biographical notes and introductory essays on the ghazals.