Shayari
sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai
zindagi yuun bhi guzar hi jaati
kyuun tiraa raahguzar yaad aayaa
زندگی یوں بھی گزر ہی جاتی
کیوں ترا راہ گزر یاد آیا
zindagī yuuñ bhī guzar hī jaatī
kyuuñ tirā rāhguzar yaad aayā

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
kam-umri mein sunet hain
mar jaate hain achchhe log
zindagi tu bhi hamein vaise hi ik roz guzaar
jis tarah ham tujhe barson se guzaare hue hain
umr bhar kaun nibhaataa hai ta'alluq itnaa
ai miri jaan ke dushman tujhe allaah rakkhe
main tujh se saath bhi to umar bhar kaa chaahtaa thaa
so ab tujh se gilaa bhi umar bhar kaa ho gayaa hai
baDe qalaq ki baat hai ki tum ise na paDh sake
hamaari zindagi to ik khuli hui kitaab thi
zindagi ke bahut qarib na jaa
faasla kuchh to apne dhyaan mein rakh