The paper aims to pay tribute to a legend of Urdu poetry, Parveen Shakir. The paper undertakes the project of translation of few of her poems dealing with socialist and feminist themes, trying to do some justice with her style in the process. The woman in her poetry has presence, which cannot be ignored or dismissed. She is not just a body but a beauty with brains. She is a working woman, enjoying economic independence working with men sometimes supervising them as a boss. Sometimes she is a beloved, at other times she appears as a lover. In all multiple roles, her stature is not reduced in importance as in the works of contemporaries, who present woman as a Muse to inspire poetry, writing verses to praise her physical beauty ignoring all other potentials she may possess.