kyuun na Thahrein hadaf-e-naavak-e-be-daad ki ham — Mirza Ghalib

kyuun na Thahrein hadaf-e-naavak-e-be-daad ki ham
aap uThaa lete hain gar tiir khataa hotaa hai

Urdu

کیوں نہ ٹھہریں ہدف ناوک بے داد کہ ہم
آپ اٹھا لیتے ہیں گر تیر خطا ہوتا ہے

Hindi

kyuuñ na Thahreñ hadaf-e-nāvak-e-be-dād ki ham
aap uThā lete haiñ gar tiir ḳhatā hotā hai

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