chhoDungaa main na us but-e-kaafir kaa pujnaa — Mirza Ghalib

chhoDungaa main na us but-e-kaafir kaa pujnaa
chhoDe na khalq go mujhe kaafar kahe baghair

Urdu

چھوڑوں گا میں نہ اس بت کافر کا پوجنا
چھوڑے نہ خلق گو مجھے کافر کہے بغیر

Hindi

chhoḌūñgā maiñ na us but-e-kāfir kā pūjnā
chhoḌe na ḳhalq go mujhe kāfar kahe baġhair

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