مدوجزر اسلام“کا ایک مکمل منظوم انگریزی ترجمہ:چند معروضات”

A Complete Rhymed English Translation of Maddo Jazre Islam: Some Facts

Abstract

Maddo Jazre Islam written by Altaf Hussain Hali is an internationally renowned Urdu poem. It is a great example of versified historiography. The subcontinent is an eyewitness to the decline of Muslims. It bore the verse outcomes of colonialism as well. Muslims in such a situation became pessimist and inactive. To get rid of Muslims from such situations, educational, religious, and political institutes became active. Contemporary writers played a vital role in this regard too. Hali is amongst the top writers. Hali has delivered many beautiful poems of such content, but Maddo Jazre Islam has a distinguished position. Its message is universal. Attractive content and mature technicality made this poem able to acquire international fame. It started to be translated into a global language after which it began to be read worldwide. There are four translations of Maddo Jazre Islam and one of the translators is from Europe. The translators of the first two translations are native. The third translation is a collective work of European translators Christopher Shackle and Javed Majeed. The fourth translation is by Syeda Saiyidain Hameed. Every new translation of a literary work should be more accurate than previous ones as the shortcomings of the existing translations are in front of the new translator, based on the mentioned hypothesis the article is restricted to the critical analysis of the fourth translation only.