Shayari
tire ishq ki intihaa chaahtaa huun
miri saadgi dekh kyaa chaahtaa huun
moti samajh ke shaan-e-karimi ne chun liye
qatre jo the mire araq-e-infiaal ke
موتی سمجھ کے شان کریمی نے چن لیے
قطرے جو تھے مرے عرق انفعال کے
motī samajh ke shān-e-karīmī ne chun liye
qatre jo the mire araq-e-infi.āl ke

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
1877–1938
View all quotes by Allama Iqbaltire ishq ki intihaa chaahtaa huun
miri saadgi dekh kyaa chaahtaa huun
haan dikhaa de ai tasavvur phir vo subh o shaam tu
dauD pichhe ki taraf ai gardish-e-ayyaam tu
nahin is khuli fazaa mein koi gosha-e-faraaghat
ye jahaan ajab jahaan hai na qafas na aashiyaana
nahin teraa nasheman qasr-e-sultaani ke gumbad par
tu shaahin hai baseraa kar pahaaDon ki chaTaanon mein
azaab-e-daanish-e-haazir se baa-khabar huun main
ki main is aag mein Daalaa gayaa huun misl-e-khalil
baatil se dabne vaale ai aasmaan nahin ham
sau baar kar chukaa hai tu imtihaan hamaaraa
karo kaj jabin pe sar-e-kafan mire qaatilon ko gumaan na ho
ki ghurur-e-ishq kaa baankpan pas-e-marg ham ne bhulaa diyaa
nazaa kaa vaqt hai baiThaa hai sirhaane koi
vaqt ab vo hai ki marnaa hamein manzur nahin
laDkiyon ke dukh ajab hote hain sukh us se ajiib
hans rahi hain aur kaajal bhigtaa hai saath saath
aashiq kaa baankpan na gayaa baad-e-marg bhi
takhte pe ghusl ke jo liTaayaa akaD gayaa
marnaa to bahut sahal si ik baat lage hai
jiinaa hi mohabbat mein karaamaat lage hai
tiri vafaa mein mili aarzu-e-maut mujhe
jo maut mil gai hoti to koi baat bhi thi