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Poetry in Translation
Attiya Dawood, Habib Jalib: Ten Poems, Munir Niazi, Perveen Shakir: The Wife of Bashira, Perveen Shakir: Tomato Ketchup, Zeeshan Sahil
Ahmed Faraz
A couple of his poems in Urdu, with a short note on the poet.
Alamgir Hashmi: Sun and Moon
A 1990s poem of note that moved a generation.
Allama Iqbal
Official site of the Iqbal Academy with information on the poet's life, work, and the activities centred on him.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Contains the story of Iqbal's life and notes on his works, plus his contribution to the freedom movement.
Amir Khusro
(or Khusrau). Thirteenth century sufi poet who wrote and sang in several languages.
Bilal Sarwar`s Poems
Young poet's work using animation and real audio.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Official site of the Faiz Foundation with information about the Urdu poet and his work, and also about the Foundation.
Funny Poetry
Light verse and humorous verse in Urdu.
Iftikhar Arif
A couple of his poems in Urdu, with a short note on the poet.
Kishwar Naheed
Four Urdu poems, in romanized script, by this feminist poet and activist.
Mehfil-e-Mushaira
Real audio clips of Urdu poetry, in the original language, and some script.
Muhammad Iqbal
Well-designed presentation of the poet's Urdu verses.
Noon Meem Rashed
The selection of N(oon) M(eem) Rashed's poems here is first given a contents page, leading to fine Urdu originals. Sources of the poems, as well as English versions of the poems, are provided.
Saqi Farooqi
An Urdu poem (nazam verse-form) for Urdu readers, accompanied by graphics.
Urdu Poetry
Many contributors from the Subcontinent; text in Urdu.
Urdu Poetry Archive
Features various types of Urdu poetry in Romanized script.
World of Urdu Poetry
A wide selection of Urdu poetry, with script download facility.