Ab-e Hayat: Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry by Mohammad Hussain Azad

Ab-e Hayat: Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry

Mohammad Hussain Azad with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (Translator), Frances Pritchett (Translator)

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This is a brilliant translation of the Aab-e-hayat (Water of Life), the last classical anthology of Urdu poetry. First published in 1880, it has exerted enormous influence over modern Urdu literary history.

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