huun giraftaar-e-ulfat-e-sayyaad — Mirza Ghalib

huun giraftaar-e-ulfat-e-sayyaad
varna baaqi hai taaqat-e-parvaaz

Urdu

نے تیر کماں میں ہے نہ صیاد کمیں میں
گوشے میں قفس کے مجھے آرام بہت ہے

Hindi

huuñ giraftār-e-ulfat-e-sayyād
varna baaqī hai tāqat-e-parvāz

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