ve din gae ki aankhein dariyaa si bahtiyaan thiin — Mir Taqi Mir

ve din gae ki aankhein dariyaa si bahtiyaan thiin
sukhaa paDaa hai ab to muddat se ye do-aabaa

Urdu

وے دن گئے کہ آنکھیں دریا سی بہتیاں تھیں
سوکھا پڑا ہے اب تو مدت سے یہ دو آبا

Hindi

ve din ga.e ki āñkheñ dariyā sī bahtiyāñ thiiñ
sūkhā paḌā hai ab to muddat se ye do-ābā

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

— Mir Taqi Mir

maarka garm to ho lene do khun-rezi kaa
pahle shamshir ke niche hamin jaa baiTheinge

— Mir Taqi Mir

ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain

— Mir Taqi Mir

dikhaai diye yuun ki be-khud kiyaa
hamein aap se bhi judaa kar chale

— Mir Taqi Mir

'mir'-saahib zamaana naazuk hai
donon haathon se thaamiye dastaar

— Mir Taqi Mir

mire saliqe se meri nibhi mohabbat mein
tamaam umr main naakaamiyon se kaam liyaa

— Mir Taqi Mir

chaand bhi hairaan dariyaa bhi pareshaani mein hai
aks kis kaa hai ki itni raushni paani mein hai

— Farhat Ehsas

dil ki lahron kaa tul-o-arz na puchh
kabhu dariyaa kabhu safinaa hai

— Shaikh Zahuruddin Hatim

mujid jo nuur kaa hai vo meraa charaagh hai
parvaana huun main anjuman-e-kaaenaat kaa

— Agha Hajju Sharaf

sab ummidein mire aashob-e-tamannaa tak thiin
bastiyaan ho gaiin gharqaab to dariyaa utraa

— Hasan Abidi

miri is chashm-e-tar se abr-e-baaraan ko hai kyaa nisbat
ki vo dariyaa kaa paani aur ye khun-e-dil hai barsaati

— Nazeer Akbar Abadi

chaand hai paani mein yaa bhule hue chehre kaa aks
saahil-e-dariyaa pe dekho main bhi hairaani mein huun

— Kausar Mazhari