kaanTon ki zabaan suukh gai pyaas se yaa rab — Mirza Ghalib

kaanTon ki zabaan suukh gai pyaas se yaa rab
ik aabla-paa vaadi-e-pur-khaar mein aave

Urdu

کانٹوں کی زباں سوکھ گئی پیاس سے یا رب
اک آبلہ پا وادی پر خار میں آوے

Hindi

kāñToñ kī zabāñ suukh ga.ī pyaas se yā rab
ik ābla-pā vādi-e-pur-ḳhār meñ aave

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