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The finest Urdu and English poetry from legendary and contemporary poets
25 poems available
Mirza Ghalib
Hazaar khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle
Bahut nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle
Na main jaanaa jun-ko na woh jaane mast-e-daraa
Ke kis ka kaun hai tu tera kaun hai tera
Mohsin se dil ne waista kiya hai jo har roz
Bakhshish ke badle dard-e-dil ka sauda karte hain
Meaning
A thousand desires each worth dying for. Many wishes were fulfilled yet still too few.
12.4K likes
Mirza Ghalib
Dil-e-nadan tujhe hua kya hai
Aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai
Aah ko chahiye ek umr asar hone tak
Kaun jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar hone tak
Meaning
O innocent heart what has happened? A sigh needs a lifetime to take effect.
9.8K likes
Mirza Ghalib
Ishq mujhko nahin sahi woh jahaan sahi
Jung-e-ishq sahi jang-e-jaan sahi
Woh jo shak ho to khud ko jala de sahi
Ishq pe koi zarf ka imtihaan sahi
Meaning
If love is not for me then the world is. If it means war of love so be it.
6.3K likes
Mirza Ghalib
Ye na thi hamari qismat ke wisaal-e-yaar hota
Agar aur jeete rehte yahi intezaar hota
Teri naazuki se jaana ke bande bayabaan hain
Teri galiyon ke hawaon ke bhi diwaar hain
Meaning
It was not my fate to meet the beloved. Had I lived longer this wait would continue.
11.2K likes
Mirza Ghalib
Koi ummeed bar nahin aati
Koi soorat nazar nahin aati
Maut ka ek din muayyan hai
Neend kyon raat bhar nahin aati
Aage aati thi haal-e-dil pe hansi
Ab hai unki yaad kuch khar khar aati
Meaning
No hope remains. No way out is visible. Death is certain one day.
13.5K likes
Mirza Ghalib
Muddat hui hai yaar ko mehman kiye hue
Dil mein kuch baat hai jo zubaan aati nahi
Meaning
It has been long since I hosted my beloved. Something in the heart the tongue cannot speak.
7.6K likes
Allama Iqbal
Saqi-e-ard-e-Najaf de de shaam-e-Mustafa
Ya faza-e-Madina kar de mujh ko justa-o-gasta
Meaning
O cupbearer of Najaf grant me the evening of the Prophet.
5.9K likes
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Mujh se pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang
Maine samjha tha ke tu hai to darakhshaan hoga
Meri wafaon ka rang aur tanha main kya hoga
Woh jo hum mein tum mein qaraar tha tum yaad karo
Meaning
Do not ask me for that old love again. I thought with you everything would shine.
11.8K likes
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Aur bhi dukh hain zamane mein mohabbat ke siva
Rahaten aur bhi rahish ki raht ke siva
Meaning
There are other sorrows in the world besides love.
9.6K likes
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Raat yoon dil mein teri khoi hui yaad aayi
Jaise woh jaati hai behsi ke aakhri saans aayi
Meaning
The night brought back your lost memory. Like the last breath of consciousness.
8.3K likes
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Dono jahan teri muhabbat mein haar ke
Woh ja raha hai koi keh raha hai intezaar kar
Meaning
Having lost both worlds in your love. Someone is going saying wait.
7.1K likes
Mir Taqi Mir
Yeh jahan chaar din ka mela hai
Aur aana bhi hai jaana bhi hai
Meaning
This world is a fair of four days. One must come and must go.
10.2K likes
Mir Taqi Mir
Aye ishq ab kya bataayein
Dil kya cheez hai deewangi kya hai
Meaning
O love what shall I tell now. What is the heart what is this madness.
8.7K likes
Ahmad Faraz
Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaane ke liye aa
Aa phir se mujhe chhod ke jaane ke liye aa
Ek umr se hoon laal-e-yar mein jalte hue
Na teri shan na tera ilzaam ke liye aa
Meaning
Come even if to resent me to break my heart. Come once more even if just to leave me again.
16.3K likes
Ahmad Faraz
Ab ke hum bichde to shayad kabhi khwaabon mein milein
Jis tarah sookhe hue phool kitaabon mein milein
Meaning
If we part now perhaps we will meet in dreams. Like dried flowers found in books.
12.1K likes
Ahmad Faraz
Zakhm-e-dil ka marham dhoondta phirta hun
Apni aankhon mein teri aankhein dhoondta phirta hun
Meaning
I wander searching for a balm for the wound of my heart. I search for your eyes in my own eyes.
4.5K likes
Parveen Shakir
Mere khutut ki tareekh mein ek naam hai tera
Dard-e-dil ki dastakhat mein ek naam hai tera
Meaning
In the history of my letters there is only your name. In the signature of heartache there is your name.
8.1K likes
Parveen Shakir
Kuch to majbooriyan rahi hongi
Yun koi bewafa nahin hota
Meaning
There must have been some compulsion. No one is unfaithful without reason.
8.8K likes
Parveen Shakir
Samundar kisi ke intezaar mein baitha hai
Khwab kisi ke aankhon mein abhi baaki hain
Meaning
The ocean sits waiting for someone. Dreams still remain in someone's eyes.
5.5K likes
John Elia
Deewangi meri tujhko bhi pata hai
Main kya kya sochta hun ye bhi tujhe maloom hai
Meaning
You know my madness. You know what all I think.
9.2K likes
John Elia
Tum mujhe kyun nahi milte
Hai kya raaz tumhari zindagi ka
Meaning
Why do I not find you. What is the secret of your life.
8.4K likes
John Elia
Mujhe hi dekhte raho raat din tum
Mujhe hi dekho ya mujhe chhod do
Meaning
Keep looking at me day and night. Either keep looking or let me go.
5.8K likes
John Elia
Ek ajnabi haseena se yun mera dil laga
Ke zindagi ki tamanna phir kyun kar bachi
Meaning
My heart fell for a stranger beauty. How did the desire to live then survive.
10.3K likes
Josh Malihabadi
Hairan hun tere qareeb aane se
Ye kaisa nasha hai jo sanson mein ghula hai
Meaning
I am amazed at your closeness. What intoxication has dissolved in my breath.
5.6K likes