bandagi mein bhi vo aazaada o khud-bin hain ki ham — Mirza Ghalib

bandagi mein bhi vo aazaada o khud-bin hain ki ham
ulTe phir aae dar-e-kaaba agar vaa na huaa

Urdu

بے در و دیوار سا اک گھر بنایا چاہیئے
کوئی ہمسایہ نہ ہو اور پاسباں کوئی نہ ہو

Hindi

bandagī meñ bhī vo āzāda o ḳhud-bīñ haiñ ki ham
ulTe phir aa.e dar-e-kāba agar vā na huā

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

sabza o gul kahaan se aae hain
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

koi viraani si viraani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

dam liyaa thaa na qayaamat ne hanuz
phir tiraa vaqt-e-safar yaad aayaa

— Mirza Ghalib

huaa hai shah kaa musaahib phire hai itraataa
vagarna shahr mein 'ghaalib' ki aabru kyaa hai

— Mirza Ghalib

'ghaalib' chhuTi sharaab par ab bhi kabhi kabhi
piitaa huun roz-e-abr o shab-e-maahtaab mein

— Mirza Ghalib