Urdu poetry

afraad ke haathon mein hai aqwaam ki taqdeer, har fard hai millat ke muqaddar ka sitara Allama Iqbal

kitna hai bad-naseeb Zafar dafn ke liye, do gaz zameen bhi na mili koo-e-yaar mein Bahadur Shah Zafar

ab to ghabra ke ye kahte hain ke mar jaayenge, mar ke bhi chain na paaya to kidhar jaayenge Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

ulte wo shikwe karte hain aur kis ada ke saath, be-taaqati ke taane hain uzr-e-jafa ke saath Momin Khan Momin

saare jahan se achchha Hindostan hamara, hum bulbulen hain is ki ye gulsitan hamara Allama Iqbal

zindagi kya hai anaasir mein zuhoor-e-tarteeb, maut kya hai inhi ajzaa ka pareshan hona Brij Narayan Chakbast

asar us ko zara nahin hota, ranj raahat-faza nahin hota Momin Khan Momin

Shayari Wrongly Credited to Mirza Ghalib: The Real List Mirza Ghalib

hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jaate hain badnaam, wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota Akbar Allahabadi

raah-e-mazmoon-e-taaza band nahin, ta-qayamat khula hai baab-e-sukhan Wali Dakhani

hai justuju ke khoob se hai khoob-tar kahan, ab thaharti hai dekhiye ja kar nazar kahan Altaf Hussain Hali

tum mere paas hote ho goya, jab koi doosra nahin hota Momin Khan Momin

nahin tera nasheman qasr-e-sultani ke gumbad par, tu shaheen hai basera kar pahaadon ki chattanon mein Allama Iqbal

baare duniya mein raho gham-zada ya shaad raho, aisa kuchh kar ke chalo yaan ke bahut yaad raho Mir Taqi Mir

lutf wo ishq mein paaye hain ke ji jaanta hai, ranj bhi aise uthaaye hain ke ji jaanta hai Daagh Dehlvi

patta patta boota boota haal hamara jaane hai, jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai Mir Taqi Mir

ranj se khoogar hua insaan to mit jaata hai ranj, mushkilen mujh par padeen itni ke aasaan ho gaeen Mirza Ghalib

ug raha hai dar-o-deewar se sabza Ghalib, hum bayaabaan mein hain aur ghar mein bahaar aayi hai Mirza Ghalib

bazeecha-e-atfaal hai duniya mere aage, hota hai shab-o-roz tamasha mere aage Mirza Ghalib

un ke dekhe se jo aa jaati hai munh par raunaq, wo samajhte hain ke beemar ka haal achha hai Mirza Ghalib

dard minnat-kash-e-dawa na hua, main na achha hua bura na hua Mirza Ghalib

imaan mujhe roke hai jo khinche hai mujhe kufr, kaaba mere peechhe hai kalisa mere aage Mirza Ghalib

ye na thi hamari qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota, agar aur jeete rehte yahi intezaar hota Mirza Ghalib

bas-ki dushwar hai har kaam ka aasaan hona, aadmi ko bhi mayassar nahin insaan hona Mirza Ghalib

aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hone tak, kaun jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar hone tak Mirza Ghalib

dil hi to hai na sang-o-khisht dard se bhar na aaye kyun, royenge hum hazaar baar koi hamein sataaye kyun Mirza Ghalib

hum ko maloom hai jannat ki haqeeqat lekin, dil ke khush rakhne ko Ghalib ye khayaal achha hai Mirza Ghalib