Shayari
sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai
be-dimaagh-e-khajlat huun rashk-e-imtihaan taa-kai
ek bekasi tujh ko aalam-aashnaa paayaa
بے دماغ خجلت ہوں رشک امتحاں تا کے
ایک بیکسی تجھ کو عالم آشنا پایا
be-dimāġh-e-ḳhajlat huuñ rashk-e-imtihāñ tā-kai
ek bekasī tujh ko ālam-āshnā paayā

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known by his pen name Ghalib, was a renowned Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known by his pen name Ghalib, was a renowned Urdu and Persian poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire.
1797–1869
View all quotes by Mirza Ghalibsabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai
koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa
hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa
dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa
huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai
'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein
shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam
ret par ik nishaan hai shaayad
ye hamaaraa makaan hai shaayad
gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
pyaaso raho na dasht mein baarish ke muntazir
maaro zamin pe paanv ki paani nikal paDe
kaho kyaa mehrbaan naa-mehrbaan taqdir hoti hai
kahaa maan ki duaaon mein baDi taasir hoti hai
tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai