Tulip in the desert : a selection of the poetry of Muhammad Iqbal / edited and translated, with commentary and notes, by Mustansir Mir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938.

Contributor:

Mir, Mustansir, 1949-

Language:

English

Urdu

Subjects (All):

Urdu poetry--Translations into English.

Urdu poetry.

Iqbal, Muhammad, Sir, 1877-1938--Translations into English.

Iqbal, Muhammad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 158 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

Translated from the Persian and Urdu.

Summary:

The national poet of Pakistan, Muhammed Iqbal (1887-1938) is best known for his Persian and Urdu poetry, which with its deep philosophical insights, has captured the minds of many readers. This translation presents in English a representative selection of his works.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Note on Texts Used; Introduction; 1. BEING FRESH WITH GOD?; 2. PARADISE LOST AND REGAINED; 3. SATAN'S VIEWPOINT; 4. THE HUMAN CONDITION; 5. HEAD AND HEART; 6. THE POET; 7. PERSONALITIES; 8. SLAVE CULTURE; 9. THE EAGLE; 10. FABLES AND AETIOLOGIES; 11. MISCELLANEA; 12. QUATRAINS; Recommended Reading; Whose World is This - Yours or Mine?; Do One of the Two!; Speak to Us Face to Face!; Listen to Me!; A Dialogue Between God and Man; Conquest of Nature; Gabriel and Iblis; Give Me Another Adversary!; Man; Solitude; The Dew and the Stars

The Story of Adam Reason and Heart; A Dialogue Between Knowledge and Love; The Nation's Eye; The Night and the Poet; The Houri and the Poet; Abu Bakr the Truthful; Nanak; Shakespeare; Rumi and Goethe; Locke, Kant and Bergson; Petöfi; The Psychology of Slaves; Mastership; The State of Barzakh; Scorpion Land; Advice to Slaves; The Dervish of the Kingdom of Birds; Beyond the Stars; The Falcon's Advice to its Youngster; The Lion and the Mule; The Moth and the Firefly; The Young Fish and the Eaglet; The Duck and the Crocodile; The Ant and the Eagle; The Perfume of the Flower; Love; Sicily

Mu tamid's Lament in Prison Fatimah bint 'Abdullah; Prayer; The Pen of Fate; Vision of a New World; Existence; The Human Being; Khudi; Freedom and Determinism and the Philosophy of History; Criticism of the Modern Age; Muslims; Self-Portrait

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 158).

ISBN:

0-7735-6823-9

OCLC:

42834022