Master Couplets of Urdu Poetry by K C Kanda

This book contains the quintessence of my readings in Urdu poetry which began over half a century back in my student days and continue to enthral and enlighten my mind even in old age. To authenticate my claim, I present in the following pages a collection of nearly 1400 couplets selected from the works of over one hundred poets, classical and modern. These couplets, arranged subject-wise, have been translated into English and transliterated in the Roman script. The purpose of this book is to preserve the wealth of Urdu poetry, and make it accessible to a larger section of the readers, including, especially, those lovers of poetry who are not familiar with Urdu in the Persian script.