Urdo Odes of Shaida

About the Book

Urdu Odes of Shaida represent the romantic and inspirational Urdu poetry of Khalid Hameed Shaida MD. Playful and idealistic, the author whips the current of romance to timeless bliss and swirls the tide in our favor. He recreates a world we all wish to embrace, one of accord, decency and, above all, love. Indian born author, Khalid Hameed Shaida, earned his medical degree from Pakistan and practiced medicine in both Canada and United States. He currently lives in retirement with his wife, Marjorie, in Friendswood, TX He has translated the great Persian masters, Khusro, Hafiz, Ghalib and Iqbal, in his mother tongue of Urdu with a number of publications and reprints to his credits in Pakistan and United States. Over the years his own Urdu poetry has been published in many, many Urdu magazines in Pakistan and has been very well received. In English he has translated the poems of Hafiz (Hafiz , The Voice of God and Hafiz, Drunk with God), Khusro (Khusro, The Indian Orpheus and Amir Khusro, The Nightingale of India), Ghalib (Ghalib, the Indian Beloved) and Faiz (Faiz, The Wailing Nightingale). His own English poetry ( O Love, Romantic and Inspirational Poetry of Khalid Hameed Shaida) has also been published in the United States. All of Shaida’s books have been very well received and are selling well around the world. He is now presenting his own Urdu Odes in a book form in this volume.

About the Author

Indian born translator Khalid Hameed Shaida earned medical degree from Pakistan and practiced medicine in both Canada and the United States. He has translated the great Persian masters, Khusro, Hafiz, Ghalib, and Iqbal in his mother tongue of Urdu with a number of publications and reprints to his credit in Pakistan. In English he has translated the poems of Hafiz (Hafiz, the Voice of God, and Hafiz, Drunk with God), Khusro (Khusro, the Indian Orpheus), and Ghalib (Ghalib, the Indian Beloved), and now Faiz. In the Kindle book store his "Hafiz, the Voice of God" is the top seller among the books on Hafiz. Currently he and his wife live a quiet life in Friendswood, Texas.