Shayari
Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana
The greatest Urdu poet — timeless shayari by Mirza Ghalib.
Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana
Hazaaron khwahishein aisi ke har khwahish pe dam nikle
Bahut nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle
maiñ bhī ruk ruk ke na martā jo zabāñ ke badle
dashna ik tez sā hotā mire ġham-ḳhvār ke paas
bār-hā dekhī haiñ un kī ranjisheñ
par kuchh ab ke sargirānī aur hai
dost-dār-e-dushman hai e'timād-e-dil ma.alūm
aah be-asar dekhī naala nā-rasā paayā
nazzāre ne bhī kaam kiyā vaañ naqāb kā
mastī se har nigah tire ruḳh par bikhar ga.ī
haiñ kavākib kuchh nazar aate haiñ kuchh
dete haiñ dhoka ye bāzīgar khulā
ġham-e-firāq meñ taklīf-e-sair-e-bāġh na do
mujhe dimāġh nahīñ ḳhanda-hā-e-bejā kā
ishq ne 'ġhālib' nikammā kar diyā
varna ham bhī aadmī the kaam ke
qatra apnā bhī haqīqat meñ hai dariyā lekin
ham ko taqlīd-e-tunuk-zarfi-e-mansūr nahīñ
gar tujh ko hai yaqīn-e-ijābat duā na maañg
ya.anī baġhair-e-yak-dil-e-be-mudda.ā na maañg
rahī na tāqat-e-guftār aur agar ho bhī
to kis umiid pe kahiye ki aarzū kyā hai
ye kahāñ kī dostī hai ki bane haiñ dost nāseh
koī chārasāz hotā koī ġham-gusār hotā
jazba-e-be-iḳhtiyār-e-shauq dekhā chāhiye
sīna-e-shamshīr se bāhar hai dam shamshīr kā
sādgī o purkārī be-ḳhudī o hushyārī
husn ko taġhāful meñ jur.at-āzmā paayā
bandagī meñ bhī vo āzāda o ḳhud-bīñ haiñ ki ham
ulTe phir aa.e dar-e-kāba agar vā na huā
yā rab hameñ to ḳhvāb meñ bhī mat dikhā.iyo
ye mahshar-e-ḳhayāl ki duniyā kaheñ jise
sar pā-e-ḳhum pe chāhiye hañgām-e-be-ḳhudī
rū sū-e-qibla vaqt-e-munājāt chāhiye
ishrat-e-qatra hai dariyā meñ fanā ho jaanā
dard kā had se guzarnā hai davā ho jaanā
ishq se tabī.at ne ziist kā mazā paayā
dard kī davā paa.ī dard-e-be-davā paayā