In 2003, Mrs Rahat Zahid, a Glasgow based Pakistani poet was the first person in the world to translate Robert Burns ‘Auld Lang Syne’ into Urdu which is published in her first book, Udaas Galion Mein. It had already been translated into 42 languages and now it had been translated into Urdu. Her book is featured in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow.
Mrs Rahat Zahid has also given her interview for the Colourful Heritage archive
For further information read the article by Greater Govanhill newspaper.
See also the 2026 entry for Rahat Zahid who has written her 4th book featuring several more of Robert Burns poems which have been translated into Urdu.
Credit: Rahat Zahid, Greater Govanhill