Rebel's Silhouette: Selected Poems
Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. He was also a professor of English literature, a distinguished editor and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's...
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Born in India and considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was a two-time Nobel nominee and winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize. His evening readings in Hindi/Urdu-speaking regions drew thousands of listeners. Associated with the Communist party in his youth, Faiz became an outspoken poet in opposition to the Pakistani government. He was also a professor of English literature, a distinguished editor and a major figure in the Afro-Asian writer's movement. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry in a bilingual Urdu/English edition with a new introduction by poet and translator Agha Shahid Ali.
IntroductionLast Night3Don't Ask Me for That Love Again5Ghazal7Solitude9Ghazal11Ghazal13Ghazal15August 195217A Prison Evening19A Prison Daybreak21Ghazal25Fragrant Hands29Ghazal31City of Lights33Ghazal35We Who Were Executed39Evening43Solitary Confinement45Ghazal47Poem51Two Elegies: 1. Appointments53Two Elegies: 2. The Rain of Stones Is Finished55Before You Came57Be Near Me59Vista61In Search of Vanished Blood63The City from Here65Black Out67Let Me Think69The Heart Gives Up73Stay Away from Me (Bangladesh I)75Bangladesh II77Desire79Evening in Ashkabaad81Wash the Blood off Your Feet85On My Return from Dhaka (Bangladesh III)87It Is Spring Again89A Letter from Prison91For Vera93A Night in the Desert95So Bring the Order for My Execution99You Tell Us What To Do101
