Āb-e Ḥayāt Shaping the Canon of Urdu Poetry

Muḥammad Ḥusain Āzād, Frances W. Pritchett, Shamsurraḥmān Fārūqī — 2003

This is a brilliant translation of the Aab-e-hayat (Water of Life), the last classical anthology of Urdu poetry. First published in 1880, it has exerted enormous influence over modern Urdu literary history.