Shayari
phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
hai kahaan tamannaa kaa dusraa qadam yaa-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkaan ko ek naqsh-e-paa paayaa
ہے کہاں تمنا کا دوسرا قدم یا رب
ہم نے دشت امکاں کو ایک نقش پا پایا
hai kahāñ tamannā kā dūsrā qadam yā-rab
ham ne dasht-e-imkāñ ko ek naqsh-e-pā paayā

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 Ghalibphir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa
saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa
girni thi ham pe barq-e-tajalli na tuur par
dete hain baada zarf-e-qadah-khvaar dekh kar
naakaami-e-nigaah hai barq-e-nazaaraa-soz
tu vo nahin ki tujh ko tamaashaa kare koi
marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati
miri tamannaa hai ab ke tum phir milo to ji bhar ke muskuraaein
ki dekhnaa hai ye raushni kaa safar bahut der baa'd jaa kar
'alvi' khvaahish bhi thi baanjh
jazba bhi naa-mard milaa
main nigaah-e-paak se dekhe thaa tire husn-e-paak ko is pe bhi
mire ji mein khvaahish-e-vasl thi tire dil mein bos-o-kanaar thaa
kyaa kyaa na pyaas jaage mire dil ke dasht mein
hasrat bhi ek aag hai laage jo raat bhar
kyaa vo khvaahish ki jise dil bhi samajhtaa ho haqir
aarzu vo hai jo siine mein rahe naaz ke saath
ab zindagi se koi bhi shikva nahin mujhe
tu mil gayaa to koi tamanna nahin mujhe