Shayari
phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
jaantaa huun savaab-e-taaat-o-zohd
par tabiat idhar nahin aati
جانتا ہوں ثواب طاعت و زہد
پر طبیعت ادھر نہیں آتی
jāntā huuñ savāb-e-tā.at-o-zohd
par tabī.at idhar nahīñ aatī

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
shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam
kyon tasavvur mein ji rahaa huun main
jab haqiqat mein mar hi jaanaa hai
ijz-o-niyaaz apnaa apni taraf hai saaraa
is musht-e-khaak ko ham masjud jaante hain
na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa
baDi mushkil se ye jaanaa ki hijr-e-yaar mein rahnaa
bahut mushkil hai par aakhir mein aasaani bahut hai
ye kah ke mere saamne Taalaa raqib ko
mujh se kabhi ki jaan na pahchaan jaaiye