pinhaan thaa daam-e-sakht qarib aashiyaan ke — Mirza Ghalib

pinhaan thaa daam-e-sakht qarib aashiyaan ke
uDne na paae the ki giraftaar ham hue

Urdu

پنہاں تھا دام سخت قریب آشیان کے
اڑنے نہ پائے تھے کہ گرفتار ہم ہوئے

Hindi

pinhāñ thā dām-e-saḳht qarīb āshiyān ke
uḌne na paa.e the ki giraftār ham hue

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