rahi na taaqat-e-guftaar aur agar ho bhi — Mirza Ghalib

rahi na taaqat-e-guftaar aur agar ho bhi
to kis umiid pe kahiye ki aarzu kyaa hai

Urdu

رہی نہ طاقت گفتار اور اگر ہو بھی
تو کس امید پہ کہیے کہ آرزو کیا ہے

Hindi

rahī na tāqat-e-guftār aur agar ho bhī
to kis umiid pe kahiye ki aarzū kyā hai

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