ye aarzu bhi baDi chiiz hai magar hamdam — Faiz Ahmad Faiz

ye aarzu bhi baDi chiiz hai magar hamdam
visaal-e-yaar faqat aarzu ki baat nahin

Urdu

یہ آرزو بھی بڑی چیز ہے مگر ہم دم
وصال یار فقط آرزو کی بات نہیں

Hindi

ye aarzū bhī baḌī chiiz hai magar hamdam
visāl-e-yār faqat aarzū kī baat nahīñ

Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani poet associated with the Progressive Writers Movement.

na gul khile hain na un se mile na mai pi hai
ajiib rang mein ab ke bahaar guzri hai

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

aae kuchh abr kuchh sharaab aae
is ke baa'd aae jo azaab aae

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

aae to yuun ki jaise hamesha the mehrbaan
bhule to yuun ki goyaa kabhi aashnaa na the

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

raat yuun dil mein tiri khoi hui yaad aai
jaise viraane mein chupke se bahaar aa jaae

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

khair dozakh mein mai mile na mile
shaikh-saahab se jaan to chhuTegi

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

sab qatl ho ke tere muqaabil se aae hain
ham log surkh-ru hain ki manzil se aae hain

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

— Ibn

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

— Mir Taqi Mir

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

— Rind Lakhnavi

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

— Nida Fazli

yaad aai hai to phir TuuT ke yaad aai hai
koi guzri hui manzil koi bhuli hui dost

— Ahmad Faraz

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi