This book is a translation into English of Akhtar's Hindi/Urdu work 'Tarkash'. The translation has been done by David Mathews of Oxford University. Poetry is hard to translate while retaining its original sense, but Mathews has done a creditable job. The book contains both the original Hindi/Urdu text (in Devanagari script) and the translation into English, on facing pages. This makes it pleasant and convenient to read for someone who knows both languages. The poetry itself is sublime, carryi...

This is one of best poetry book....
no doubt he is a great poet, as he needs no intro in india and pakistan
people interested in poetry must go thru this book...
i purchased this book and the words written in this book go through my mind many a times..
this book is ment for soul.
sometimes the words fly through the mind but many of them touch the soul.

the poet has played with awsome urdu words and is perfectly translated in english..

amazing delivery by Flipkart in 15-16 hrs. Okay book

Brilliant translation by David Matthews but if u can read Hindi then u will njoy the book more but even in English it is damn good

Quiver: this book has the power to shake you
the best part is the difficult words meanings are nicely described