Shayari
sirhaane 'mir' ke koi na bolo
abhi Tuk rote rote so gayaa hai
Timeless verses by Mir Taqi Mir — the undisputed god of Urdu poetry.
sirhaane 'mir' ke koi na bolo
abhi Tuk rote rote so gayaa hai
marg ik maandgi kaa vaqfa hai
yaani aage chaleinge dam le kar
kyaa kahein kuchh kahaa nahin jaataa
ab to chup bhi rahaa nahin jaataa
zer-e-shamshir-e-sitam 'mir' taDapnaa kaisaa
sar bhi taslim-e-mohabbat mein hilaayaa na gayaa
kharaab rahte the masjid ke aage mai-khaane
nigaah-e-mast ne saaqi ki intiqaam liyaa
saare aalam par huun main chhaayaa huaa
mustanad hai meraa farmaayaa huaa
'mir'-saahib zamaana naazuk hai
donon haathon se thaamiye dastaar
'mir' saahab tum farishta ho to ho
aadmi honaa to mushkil hai miyaan
zakhm jhele daagh bhi khaae bahut
dil lagaa kar ham to pachhtaae bahut
didani hai shikastagi dil ki
kyaa imaarat ghamon ne Dhaai hai
aag the ibtidaa-e-ishq mein ham
ab jo hain khaak intihaa hai ye
main jo bolaa kahaa ki ye aavaaz
usi khaana-kharaab ki si hai
kitni baatein banaa ke laaun lek
yaad rahtin tire huzur nahin
dilli mein aaj bhiik bhi milti nahin unhein
thaa kal talak dimaagh jinhein taaj-o-takht kaa
bevafaai pe teri ji hai fidaa
qahr hotaa jo baa-vafaa hotaa
sabz hoti hi nahin ye sarzamin
tukhm-e-khvaahish dil mein tu botaa hai kyaa
dil se shauq-e-rukh-e-niku na gayaa
jhaanknaa-taaknaa kabhu na gayaa
le saans bhi aahista ki naazuk hai bahut kaam
aafaaq ki is kaargah-e-shishagari kaa
dikhaai diye yuun ki be-khud kiyaa
hamein aap se bhi judaa kar chale
vasl mein rang uD gayaa meraa
kyaa judaai ko munh dikhaaungaa
husn thaa teraa bahut aalam-fareb
khat ke aane par bhi ik aalam rahaa
kuchh karo fikr mujh divaane ki
dhuum hai phir bahaar aane ki
shaam se kuchh bujhaa saa rahtaa huun
dil huaa hai charaagh muflis kaa
aavargaan-e-ishq kaa puchhaa jo main nishaan
musht-e-ghubaar le ke sabaa ne uDaa diyaa
baare duniyaa mein raho gham-zada yaa shaad raho
aisaa kuchh kar ke chalo yaan ki bahut yaad raho