Shayari
phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai
phir dekhiye andaaz-e-gul-afshaani-e-guftaar
rakh de koi paimaana-e-sahbaa mere aage
تماشا کہ اے محو آئینہ داری
تجھے کس تمنا سے ہم دیکھتے ہیں
phir dekhiye andāz-e-gul-afshānī-e-guftār
rakh de koī paimāna-e-sahbā mere aage

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
tumhein fursat ho duniyaa se to ham se aa ke milnaa
hamaare paas fursat ke sivaa kyaa rah gayaa hai
zamaana mujh se judaa ho gayaa zamaana huaa
rahaa hai ab to bichhaDne ko mujh se tu baaqi
gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
shaahraahein dafatan shoale ugalne lag gaiin
ghar ki jaanib chal paDaa hai shahr gheraa kar tamaam
vo na aaegaa hamein maalum thaa is shaam bhi
intizaar us kaa magar kuchh soch kar karte rahe
na jaane us ne khule aasmaan mein kyaa dekhaa
parinda phir se jahaan-e-qafas mein lauT aayaa