Shayari
phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
Dhaanpaa kafan ne daagh-e-uyub-e-barahnagi
main varna har libaas mein nang-e-vajud thaa
اس لب سے مل ہی جائے گا بوسہ کبھی تو ہاں
شوق فضول و جرأت رندانہ چاہئے
Dhāñpā kafan ne dāġh-e-uyūb-e-barahnagī
maiñ varna har libās meñ nañg-e-vajūd thā

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 Ghalibphir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa
saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa
girni thi ham pe barq-e-tajalli na tuur par
dete hain baada zarf-e-qadah-khvaar dekh kar
naakaami-e-nigaah hai barq-e-nazaaraa-soz
tu vo nahin ki tujh ko tamaashaa kare koi
marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati
jaataa hai chalaa qaafila-e-ashk shab o roz
maalum nahin us kaa iraada hai kahaan kaa
izhaar-e-muddaaa kaa iraada thaa aaj kuchh
tevar tumhaare dekh ke khaamosh ho gayaa
tamaam shahr se bad-zan karaa diyaa shah ko
musaahibon kaa khudaa jaane thaa iraada kyaa
iraada to nahin hai khud-kushi kaa
magar main zindagi se khush nahin huun
tum ham-safar hue to hui zindagi aziiz
mujh mein to zindagi kaa koi hausla na thaa
bahut iraada kiyaa koi kaam karne kaa
magar amal na huaa uljhanein hi aisi thiin