Quiver

I read the English translation of Quiver translated by David Matthews.My fav quote is:"She does not even know that I exist,as ifShe is a sundial; I, a moment of the night."

In Hindi by Javed Akhtar:"Geen Geen ke sikkey haath Mera khurdura huaa,Jaati rahi lams ki narmi - buraa huaa"English Translation by David Matthews:"From counting coins my hands grew gnarled - and that was sad.I lost the softness of my touch - and that was bad."The book starts with a noteworthy self introduction by Javed Akhtar which gives a glimpse in his struggling days and the way his personal life has shaped.The poems come in original Devnagri script followed by English translation by David M [...]

Depth of thoughts is surely to fill your hearts ! What i liked the most are the collection of poems from javed akhtar that invokes the realism and romanticism of his personal incidents mainly towards his struggling days , the fancy thoughts imbibed the gospel of modernism towards time and space and many more. I would recommend to readFavnesIn hindiJeevan jeevan hum ne jag mein khel yahi hote dekha,Dheere dheere jeeti duniya, dheere dheere haare log,Neki ek din kaam aayegi, hum ko kya samjhaate h [...]

All the poems in this book are online at javedakhtar/tarkash/indexm. Very interesting especially because Akhtar Sa'ab's poems go very much against the 'Indian' grain and expound ideas of individualism I haven't seen expressed by any other poets from the subcontinent (as in Doraha - javedakhtar/tarkash/do) The sheer diversity of topics he tackles (and well) is also impressive. The fact that Javed Akhtar is a descendant of Ghalib was also a discovery for me.

Pure elegance. Javed sahab is one of the timeless greats, no questions asked. The translator has done a fantastic job, and very little has been lost in between. The most useful thing about this collection is the English translation provided alongside -vital for illiterates such as myself who can't read without crutches. Javed Sahab belongs to that category of greats - Manto, Camus, Ruskin Bond - who depend primarily on the content and ideas, rather than delivery. Thoroughly impressive work.

Beautiful.

I love that this book has got both versions of the poem, in English and the Spanish translation next to it.

The name of the writer is enough in this case