Shayari
sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai
shaahid-e-hasti-e-mutlaq ki kamar hai aalam
log kahte hain ki hai par hamein manzur nahin
نشۂ رنگ سے ہے واشد گل
مست کب بند قبا باندھتے ہیں
shāhid-e-hastī-e-mutlaq kī kamar hai aalam
log kahte haiñ ki hai par hameñ manzūr nahīñ

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 Ghalibsabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai
koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa
hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa
dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa
huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai
'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein
shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam
main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai
qaatil tiri gali bhi badaun se kam nahin
jis ke qadam qadam pe mazaar-e-shahid hai
kuchh phulon ki khaatir bhi kuchh phulon kaa
sab se achchhaa rang churaanaa paDtaa hai
be-ilm shaairon kaa gila kyaa hai ai 'munir'
hai ahl-e-ilm ko tiraa tarz-e-bayaan pasand
gulaabon ke honTon pe lab rakh rahaa huun
use der tak sochnaa chaahtaa huun