ishrat-e-qatl-gah-e-ahl-e-tamannaa mat puchh — Mirza Ghalib

ishrat-e-qatl-gah-e-ahl-e-tamannaa mat puchh
id-e-nazzaara hai shamshir kaa uryaan honaa

Urdu

عشرت قتل گہہ اہل تمنا مت پوچھ
عید نظارہ ہے شمشیر کا عریاں ہونا

Hindi

ishrat-e-qatl-gah-e-ahl-e-tamannā mat pūchh
īd-e-nazzāra hai shamshīr kā uryāñ honā

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

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

us shaan-e-aajizi ke fidaa jis ne 'aarzu'
har naaz har ghurur ke qaabil banaa diyaa

— Arzoo Lakhnavi

main ne apni palkon par gham-kade sajaae hain
aarzu ke maatam mein sogvaar hasti hai

— Hanif Fauq

bas ek pal ki tamannaa-e-vasl ki khaatir
tamaam 'umr lagaa di gai sanvarne mein

— Wafa Naqvi

ab bhi barsaat ki raaton mein badan TuTtaa hai
jaag uThti hain ajab khvaahishein angDaai ki

— Parveen Shakir

chal su-e-gor-e-garibaan ai haris-e-maal-o-zar
dekh kitni aarzuein nazr-e-madfan ho gaiin

— Auj Lakhnavi