main aur bazm-e-mai se yuun tishna-kaam aauun — Mirza Ghalib

main aur bazm-e-mai se yuun tishna-kaam aauun
gar main ne ki thi tauba saaqi ko kyaa huaa thaa

Urdu

میں اور بزم مے سے یوں تشنہ کام آؤں
گر میں نے کی تھی توبہ ساقی کو کیا ہوا تھا

Hindi

maiñ aur bazm-e-mai se yuuñ tishna-kām aa.uuñ
gar maiñ ne kī thī tauba saaqī ko kyā huā 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.

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

na tum hosh mein ho na ham hosh mein hain
chalo mai-kade mein vahin baat hogi

— Bashir Badr

kisi ke zakhm par chaahat se paTTi kaun baandhegaa
agar bahnein nahin hongi to raakhi kaun baandhegaa

— Munawwar Rana

sau fasaad ek ishq mein uTThe
boyaa ik tukhm uge hazaar darakht

— Imdad Ali Bahr

na gul khile hain na un se mile na mai pi hai
ajiib rang mein ab ke bahaar guzri hai

— Faiz Ahmad Faiz

khudaa ke haath hai biknaa na biknaa mai kaa ai saaqi
baraabar masjid-e-jaame ke ham ne ab dukaan rakh di

— Riyaz Khairabadi

ye sar-ba-mohr botalein hain jo sharaab ki
raatein hain un mein band hamaari shabaab ki

— Riyaz Khairabadi