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A literary magazine named after the Vedic god of fire
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Danielle Mckinney, Mercy (detail), featured in AGNI 103

Last Days

Poetry from AGNI 35 by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Translated from the Urdu by Andrew McCord
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz

In addition to being the greatest Urdu poet of his generation, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, (1911–1984) was a prominent journalist, editor, and leftist.

Andrew McCord

Andrew McCord is translating poems for a projected book called Heart’s Companion: Last Poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. (updated 2002)

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Poetry by Faiz Ahmed Faiz • Translated from the Urdu by Andrew McCord
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