Web Directory

» Alamgir Hashmi: In Cordoba
   A poem widely regarded as significant for contemporary world culture.
   http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/litserv/SPAN/33/Hashmi2.html

» Alamgir Hashmi: Sun and Moon
   A 1990s poem of note that moved a generation.
   http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/litserv/SPAN/32/Hashmi.html

» Amir Khusro
   (or Khusrau). Thirteenth century sufi poet who wrote and sang in several languages.
   http://www.angelfire.com/sd/urdumedia/

» Arrival 1946
   A poem by Moniza Alvi.
   http://markmeynell.wordpress.com/2007/06/02/arrival-1946-moniza-alvi/

» Attiya Dawood
   The poem "The People of the Machine" has been translated from this young poet's original Sindhi.
   http://attiyadawood.com/eng32.html

» Bilal Sarwar`s Poems
   Young poet's work using animation and real audio.
   http://www.bilalsarwar.8m.com/Poetry.htm

» Faiz Ahmed Faiz
   Official site of the Faiz Foundation with information about the Urdu poet and his work, and also about the Foundation.
   http://www.faiz.com/

» Four Poems by Munir Niazi
   These poems have been translated from Punjabi into English by Sain Sucha. (Click on VKF Web, next on English/Engelska under Poetry/Poesi, and then on Niazi's "Four Poems".)
   http://www.vudya.com/vkf/index.htm

» Habib Jalib: Ten Poems
   From Urdu and Punjabi, these are poems of late 1960s and early 1970s by this "People's Poet". Original text is given alongside in roman script.
   http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv9n1/jalibpoems.htm

» Its Way
   A much-loved poem by Alamgir Hashmi, with a biographical note on the author.
   http://greysparrowpress.net/WinterpoetryProfessorHashmi.aspx

» Kishwar Naheed: Six Poems
   Feminist Urdu poet's work translated into English by Rukhsana Ahmad.
   http://www.jehat.com/Jehaat/en/Poets/KishwarNaheed.htm

» Mehfil-e-Mushaira
   Real audio clips of Urdu poetry, in the original language, and some script.
   http://mushaira.org/

» Mermaid by Moniza Alvi
   A recent poem by a poet of Pakistani origin.
   http://www.versedaily.org/2008/mermaid.shtml

» Muhammad Iqbal
   Presentation of the poet's verses with text available in Urdu, Persian, English and Arabic.
   http://members.tripod.com/~islamica/iqbal.htm

» Parveen Shakir: Five Poems
   First English translations of these poems from Cipher Journal.
   http://www.cipherjournal.com/html/hashmi.html

» Parveen Shakir: Where Am I?
   English and German translations of two Urdu poems by Parveen Shakir.
   http://www.beilharz.com/poetas/shakir/

» Poems of Nasir Kazmi
   English translations of the Urdu ghazals of Nasir Kazmi.
   http://ghazalsofnasir.blogspot.com

» Poetry and Photography
   Private: International Review of Photographs and Texts # 39 (Special issue titled "I am Pakistani") offers some contemporary Pakistani English poems together with photography and short prose pieces.
   http://www.privatephotoreview.com/en/review/private.php/riv/61

» Sahar Ansari and Parveen Shakir
   Poetry by Sahar Ansari and Parveen Shakir translated into English by Alamgir Hashmi, in Wilderness House Literary Review (USA), 4:1.
   http://www.whlreview.com/no-4.1/poetry/AlamgirHashmi.pdf

» Saqi Farooqi's Cat in the Sack
   English translation of the Urdu poem in the American literary magazine LanguageandCulture.net(Summer/Fall 2009). [Click on "Cat in the Sack" on this contents page]
   http://www.languageandculture.net/gallery.html

» Urdu Poetry
   The blog have classical, funny and modern poetry from different language from Pakistan.
   http://urdu-fun.blogspot.com

» Urdu Poetry Portal
   Poetry books of famous poets and mushaira videos.
   http://www.urdupoet.net

» World of Urdu Poetry
   A wide selection of Urdu poetry, with script download facility.
   http://www.shairy.com/

» Zeeshan Sahil
   Sahil's "Bookworms" has been translated from his Urdu text.
   http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/08/17sahil.pdf