Urdu poetry

ishq par zor nahin hai ye wo aatish Ghalib, ke lagaaye na lage aur bujhaaye na bane Mirza Ghalib

kahan maikhane ka darwaza Ghalib aur kahan waiz, par itna jaante hain kal wo jaata tha ke hum nikle Mirza Ghalib

hum ne maana ke taghaful na karoge lekin, khaak ho jayenge hum tum ko khabar hone tak Mirza Ghalib

hum wahan hain jahan se hum ko bhi, kuchh hamari khabar nahin aati Mirza Ghalib

hain aur bhi duniya mein sukhanwar bahut achhe, kehte hain ke Ghalib ka hai andaaz-e-bayaan aur Mirza Ghalib

qaid-e-hayat-o-band-e-gham asl mein dono ek hain, maut se pehle aadmi gham se nijaat paaye kyun Mirza Ghalib

be-khudi be-sabab nahin Ghalib, kuchh to hai jis ki parda-daari hai Mirza Ghalib

poochhte hain wo ke Ghalib kaun hai, koi batlao ke hum batlaayen kya Mirza Ghalib

ragon mein daudte phirne ke hum nahin qaail, jab aankh hi se na tapka to phir lahu kya hai Mirza Ghalib

sab kahan kuchh lala-o-gul mein numaayaan ho gaeen, khaak mein kya sooraten hongi ke pinhaan ho gaeen Mirza Ghalib

phir usi bewafa pe marte hain, phir wahi zindagi hamari hai Mirza Ghalib

hazaaron khwahishen aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle, bahut nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle Mirza Ghalib

hui muddat ke Ghalib mar gaya par yaad aata hai, wo har ek baat par kehna ke yun hota to kya hota Mirza Ghalib

dil-e-nadaan tujhe hua kya hai, aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai Mirza Ghalib

na tha kuchh to khuda tha kuchh na hota to khuda hota, duboya mujh ko hone ne na hota main to kya hota Mirza Ghalib

ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya, warna hum bhi aadmi the kaam ke Mirza Ghalib

rahiye ab aisi jagah chal kar jahan koi na ho, hum-sukhan koi na ho aur hum-zabaan koi na ho Mirza Ghalib

nikalna khuld se aadam ka sunte aaye hain lekin, bahut be-aabru ho kar tere kooche se hum nikle Mirza Ghalib

ye masail-e-tasawwuf ye tera bayan Ghalib, tujhe hum wali samajhte jo na baada-khwar hota Mirza Ghalib

kaaba kis munh se jaoge Ghalib, sharm tum ko magar nahin aati Mirza Ghalib

hazaaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai, badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedawar paida Mirza Ghalib

mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jeene aur marne ka, usi ko dekh kar jeete hain jis kaafir pe dam nikle Mirza Ghalib

maut ka ek din muayyan hai, neend kyun raat bhar nahin aati Mirza Ghalib

koi ummeed bar nahin aati, koi soorat nazar nahin aati Mirza Ghalib

khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pahle, khuda bande se khud poochhe bata teri raza kya hai Allama Iqbal

sarakti jaaye hai rukh se naqab aahista aahista, nikalta aa raha hai aaftab aahista aahista Ameer Minai

lagta nahin hai dil mera ujde dayaar mein, kis ki bani hai aalam-e-naapaaidaar mein Bahadur Shah Zafar