▁his ▁death , ▁contemporary ▁H indi ▁poet ▁M angles h ▁D ab ral ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁lived ▁an ▁" un ful filled ▁life " ▁and ▁pra ised ▁his ▁" deep ▁knowledge " ▁of ▁the ▁English , ▁H indi , ▁Ur du , ▁and ▁P un j abi ▁languages . ▁V ish wan ath ▁Pr as ad ▁T iw ari , ▁chair person ▁of ▁Sah ity a ▁Akadem i ▁called ▁him ▁" a ▁revolution ary ▁poet ". ▁ ▁Works ▁Ash k ▁translated ▁A rund h ati ▁Roy ' s ▁Book er ▁Prize ▁winning ▁novel ▁The ▁God ▁Of ▁Small ▁Things ▁to ▁H indi ▁as ▁Mam uli ▁Che ez on ▁Ka ▁Dev ta . ▁He ▁also ▁translated ▁Sal man ▁R ush die ' s ▁The ▁En chant ress ▁of ▁Florence , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁various ▁works ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare ▁and ▁German ▁play w right ▁Bert olt ▁Bre cht . ▁His ▁translation ▁of ▁A ▁Hero ▁of ▁Our ▁Time , ▁originally ▁written ▁by ▁Russian ▁author ▁Mik h ail ▁L erm onto v , ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁Ham are ▁Y og ▁Ka ▁Ek ▁N ay ak , ▁and ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁King ▁Lear ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁P ag la ▁R aja . ▁Bre cht ' s ▁popular ▁play ▁Mother ▁Cou rage ▁and ▁Her ▁Children ▁was ▁rendered ▁into ▁H indi ▁as ▁Him mat ▁Mai . ▁Ash k ▁also ▁translated ▁po ems ▁of ▁Indian ▁po ets ▁Je e van and ▁Das ▁and ▁Su k anta ▁Bh attach ary a ▁and ▁foreign ▁po ets ▁N â z ı m ▁H ik met