This is a representative selection of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan’s poetry. He was one of the most highly regarded poets of the twentieth century. His satirical poetry also has a large number of fans. His poems and short stories regularly appear in magazines like Beesween Sadi, Shama, Bano and Khilona. He is survived by a wealth of songs and Urdu poetry collections, such as Andaaz-e-Bayaan Aur and Mizraab which is consist of love poems as well as some very interesting satirical verse. He brought good poetry into the writing of songs for the popular cinema.