munavvar lakhnavi was a urdu poet, and a translator, belonging to the old school. he wrote ghazals and nazmss. he gained renown as a translator with the publication in 1936 of a translation of bhagvad gita in urdu verse titled- "naseem e irfaan". in 1952 his translation of kalidasa’s kumarasambhava and in 1956 his translation of "durga saptshati" i.e. devi mahatmya , both in urdu verse, were published. he had also translated important aayats of quran, select persian sh’ers of hafez sherazi, and gitanjali of rabindra nath tagore. his translation of the teachings of gautam buddha in urdu verse titled "dhampad ya sachi raah" published by the anjuman e tarraqi (hind), aligarh in 1954 is considered a masterpiece. earlier his two collections of rubais and nazms, nazre adab published in 1929 and kainat e dil that was published in 1939 had already established him as a poet of note so much so that a selection of his poems was prominently included in the book titled "teen shair" published by likhaani book depot, amritsar, and in the april 1952 issue of urdu monthly "seemab", delhi.