Best Of Faiz

The Best of Faiz brings together selected poems by the celebrated Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz in English translations by Shiv K. Kumar. The collection includes well-known poems such as Mujh Se Pehli Si, Subhe Azadi, Sochne Do and Bol. Alongside the translations, the edition presents the original poems in Nastaliq and Devanagari scripts, allowing readers to appreciate the poetry across languages and scripts. A translator's foreword adds context to the choices behind the translations. The book offers a lyrical introduction to Faiz's themes of love, longing, freedom, resilience, social conscience r