Poems by Faiz

290 Pages·1971·6.71 MB·English

by  Faiz Ahmed Faiz [Faiz Ahmad Faiz]

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD 9
PREFACE I3
INTRODUCTION 2I
POEMSF ROMR EMONSTRANCE
(NAQHS-E-ARFYADI)I 943
I LasNti ght 49
2 GodN evSeern d SI
.3 Nocturne 55
4 Tonight 59
5 A Scene 63
6 LovDeo,N otA sk 65
7 ToT heR ival 69
8 Solitude 77
9 A FewD ayMso re 79
IO Dogs 83
II Speak 87
12P oetTrhye'mse 9I
I3O urK ind 97
14 ToA PoliLteiacdaelr IOI
15O hR estHleeasrst 105
I6M yF ellowM-yMF arni,e nd 109
POEMSF ROMF INGERS OF TlfEW IND
(DATS- E$-AB)A 1952
17 If AInndkP en n7
I8A tT imes n9
19F ree'dDsoa mw(nA ugIu94s7t) 123
20T ablAentd Pen I29
2l DoN oAt sk I33
22H eFri ngers 135
23L yrAen dF lute 173
24 OncMeo re I49
25T his OHfoC uhraA innd Gibbet 151
26A tT heP laOcfeE xecution 155
27 WhilWsetB reathe IS9
28A monTgw iliEgmhbte rs 116
29T woL oves I36
30 ToS omFeo reSitgund ents 173
31 Augu1s9t5 2 179
32 BurMye U ndeYro uPra vements 183
33 A PrisNoing htfall 189
34 A PrisDoany break 193
POEMFSR OMP RISONT HOUGHTS
(IZNDNA-NAAM)1 956
35 OhC itOyfM anLyi ghts 201
36 TheW indow 205
37 'AfrCiocmaBe,a ck' 209
38 ThiHsar veOsfHt o pes 213
POEMFSR OMD UR ESS( DATS-ET-AH-ES-ANG)
1965
39S inkiang 219
40 Loneliness 225
41 Evening 227.
42 NoEt nough 231
43 SoliCtoanrfiyn ement 235
44 HymnO fP raise 239
45 LikFel owWiinnge 243
46 MyV isitor 245
4 7T hiHsa iOlfS tones 249
48 BefoYroeuC ame 25 3
49 Be NMeea r 257
50 AnI dyll 261
UNCOLLECTPEODE MS
51 Song 267
52 'Black-Out' 269
53 Heart-Attack 273
54 Prayer 277
NOTESO NT HE INTRODUCTION
NOTESO N THEP OEMS
INDXE OF RFSITL INES
A NOTOEN THEA UTHOR
1911
FAIZA HMED FAIZw asb orni n inS ialktohte,s maltlo wn
jn whati sn owW estf akistwahne rae fewd ecadeeasr litehrep oet­
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(19-3334 )
literature andt aughEtn glilsiht eraitnuA rmer itc;aan1d
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1959.
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A NOTEO N THET RANSLATOR
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FOREWORD
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