chaltaa huun thoDi duur har ik tez-rau ke saath — Mirza Ghalib

chaltaa huun thoDi duur har ik tez-rau ke saath
pahchaantaa nahin huun abhi raahbar ko main

Urdu

چلتا ہوں تھوڑی دور ہر اک تیزرو کے ساتھ
پہچانتا نہیں ہوں ابھی راہ بر کو میں

Hindi

chaltā huuñ thoḌī duur har ik tez-rau ke saath
pahchāntā nahīñ huuñ abhī rāhbar ko maiñ

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.

About Mirza Ghalib

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

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

— Mirza Ghalib

shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam

— Aabid Adeeb

miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar

— Jafar Shirazi

safar mein aise kai marhale bhi aate hain
har ek moD pe kuchh log chhuT jaate hain

— Aabid Adeeb

yuun to maujud apne ghar mein hai
aadmi mustaqil safar mein hai

— Saleem Amrohvi

kin manzilon luTe hain mohabbat ke qaafile
insaan zamin pe aaj gharib-ul-vatan saa hai

— Ada Jafarey

dimaagh un ke tajassus mein jism ghar mein rahaa
main apne ghar hi mein rahte hue safar mein rahaa

— Anjum Siddiqui