Ada Jafarey (1924 – 2015), was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major female Urdu poet to be published and has been called "The First Lady of Urdu Poetry". She was also an author and was considered a prominent figure in contemporary Urdu literature. She received awards from the Government of Pakistan, the Pakistan Writers' Guild, and literary societies of North America and Europe in recognition of her efforts.
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* غزل نما Ghaza Numma
* عزیز جہاں: ʿAzīz Jahaṉ
* سازِ سخن بہانا ہے
* مولوی بدر الحسن Badru l-Ḥasan
*نور الحسن جعفری: Nūru l-Ḥasan Jaʿfrī
* اُردُو شاعری کی خاتونِ اوّل S̲h̲āʿirī kī K̲h̲ātūn-i Awwal
* آزاد نظم 'free verse'
* شہر درد 'The City of Pain'
* مضامین 'short essays'
* رومان Rooman
* میں ساز ڈھونڈتی رہی 'I kept looking for the 'musical instrument'
* شہر درد، غزالاں تم تو واقف ہو، حرف شناسائی، سفر باقی، اور موسم موسم
* جو رہی سو بےخبری رہی 'It was just ignorance that stayed on'
* ہونٹوں پہ کبھی ان کے میرا نام ہی آئے
* Maiṉ ne mardoṉ kī ʿāʾid kardah pābandiyoṉ ko qubūl nahīṉ kiyā, balkih un pābandiyoṉ ko qubūl kiyā jo mere ẕahn ne mujh pih ʿāʾid kī haiṉ. Maiṉ samajhtī hūṉ kih bāt ko bainu l-sutūr kahnā zyādah munāsib hai kyūṉkih ramz o-kināyah bhī to s̲h̲āʿirī kā ḥusn hai.
