POEMS BY FAIZ
Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by
Victor G. Kiernan
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971

*Prefatory material, pp. 1-20*
*Translator's introduction, pp. 21-44*

*Poems from "Remonstrance" [naqsh-e faryaadii], 1943*
*Poems from "Fingers of the Wind" [dast-e .sabaa], 1952*
*Poems from "Prison Thoughts" [zindaa;N naamah], 1956*
*Poems from "Duress" [dast-e tah-e sang], 1965*
*Uncollected poems [ ;Gair-mudavvan man:zuumaat]*

Poems from "Remonstrance" [naqsh-e faryaadii], 1943

*1 == Last Night [ash((aar] == pp. 48-49*
*2 == God Never Send [;xudaa vuh vaqt nah laa))e] == pp. 50-53*
*3 == Nocturne [sarod-e shabaanah] == pp. 54-57*
*4 == Tonight [aaj kii raat] == pp. 58-61*
*5 == A Scene [man:zar] == pp. 62-63*
*6 == Love, Do Not Ask [mujh se pahlii-sii mu;habbat mirii ma;hbuub nah maa;Ng] == pp. 64-67*
*7 == To the Rival [raqiib se] == pp. 68-75*
*8 == Solitude [tanhaa))ii] == pp. 76-77*
*9 == A Few Days More [chand roz aur mirii jaan!] == pp. 78-81*
*10 == Dogs [kutte] == pp. 82-85*
*11 == Speak [bol] == pp. 86-89*
*12 == Poetry's Theme [mau.zuu((-e su;xan] == pp. 90-95*
*13 == Our Kind [ham log] == pp. 96-99*
*14 == To a Political Leader [siyaasii lii;Dar ke naam] == pp. 100-103*
*15 == Oh Restless Heart [ay dil-e betaab ;Thahar] == pp. 104-107*
*16 == My Fellow-Man, My Friend [mire hamdam mire dost]] == pp. 108-113*

Poems from "Fingers of the Wind" [dast-e .sabaa], 1952

*17 == If Ink and Pen [mataa((a-e lau;h-o-qalam] == pp. 116-117*
*18 == At Times [;Gazal] == pp. 118-121*
*19 == Freedom's Dawn [.sub;h-e aazaadii] == pp. 122-127*
*20 == Tablet and Pen [lau;h-o-qalam] == pp. 128-131*
*21 == Do Not Ask [qi:t((a] == pp. 132-133*
*22 == Her Fingers [qi:t((a] == pp. 134-135*
*23 == Lyre and Flute [shorish-e barba:t-o-nai] == pp. 136-147*
*24 == Once More [qi:t((a] == pp. 148-149*
*25 == This Hour of Chain and Gibbet [:tauq-o-daar kaa mausam] == pp. 150-153*
*26 == At the Place of Execution [sar-e maqtal] == pp. 154-157*
*27 == Whilst We Breathe [qi:t((a] == pp. 158-159*
*28 == Among Twilight Embers [;Gazal] == pp. 160-161*
*29 == Two Loves [do ((ishq] == pp. 162-171*
*30 == To Some Foreign Students [un :talabah ke naam] == pp. 172-177*
*31 == August 1952 [agast 1952] == pp. 178-181*
*32 == Bury Me Under Your Pavements [ni;saar me;N tirii galyo;N ke...] == pp. 182-187*
*33 == A Prison Nightfall [zindaa;N kii ek shaam] == pp. 188-191*
*34 == A Prison Daybreak [zindaa;N kii ek .sub;h] == pp. 192-197*

Poems from "Prison Thoughts" [zindaa;N naamah], 1956

*35 == Oh City of Many Lights [ay raushniyo;N ke shahar] == pp. 200-203*
*36 == The Window [dariichah] == pp. 204-207*
*37 == Africa, Come Back [aa jaa))o aifriiqaa!] == pp. 208-211*
*38 == This Harvest of Hopes [yih fa.sl umiido;N kii hamdam] == pp. 212-215*

Poems from "Duress" [dast-e tah-e sang], 1965

*39 == Sinkiang [sinkiyang] == pp. 218-219*
*39b == Song [;Gazal] == pp. 220-223*
*40 == Loneliness [tanhaa))ii] == pp. 224-225*
*41 == Evening [shaam] == pp. 226-229*
*42 == Not Enough [aaj baazaar me;N paa bah jaulaa;N chalo] == pp. 230-233*
*43 == Solitary Confinement [qaid-e tanhaa))ii] == pp. 234-237*
*44 == Hymn of Praise [;hamd] == pp. 238-241*
*45 == Like Flowing Wine [;Dhaltii hai mauj-e mai] == pp. 242-243*
*46 == My Visitor [mulaaqaat mirii] == pp. 244-247*
*47 == The Hail of Stones [;xatm hu))ii baarish-e sang] == pp. 248-251*
*48 == Before You Came [rang hai dil kaa mire] == pp. 252-255*
*49 == Be Near Me [paas raho] == pp. 256-259*
*50 == An Idyll [man:zar] == pp. 260-263*

Uncollected poems [ ;Gair-mudavvan man:zuumaat]

*51 == Song [giit] == pp. 266-267*
*52 == Black-out [blaik-aa))uu;T] == pp. 268-271*
*53 == Heart-attack [haar;T a;Taik] == pp. 272-275*
*54 == Prayer [du((aa] == pp. 276-279*

*Notes on the introduction and poems, and index of first lines == pp. 281-288*

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