#Hindi/Urdu

[peaceishim]

I found this on twitter.

(Not mine)

[his-heart-hymns]

I wish we were pressed flowers on the same page.

-Unknown

Ab ke ham bichhde to shayad kabhi khvabo me mile

jis tarah sukhe hue phuul kitabo me mile.

-Ahmed Faraz

[maihonhassan]

i love 𝐔𝐫𝐝𝐮 because instead of saying "My schedule is swamped" you say "Kuch kaam hain apni marzi ke, kuch kaam faqat majboori hain, phir waqt bohat hi thora hai aur saare kaam zaroori hain."

[shayarishahrukhkhanandcinema]

My favourite Urdu word is 'Shayad'.

Filled with hope and hopelessness in equal measure

[desigirldairies]

— how "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan"'s songs sounds like ִ ࣪𖤐

[komal01]

Mil jaye sab kuch zindagi mein, toh fariyaad kiski karoge;

Mulaqaat hone lage jo roz, toh yaad kisse karoge!

[stickyblazecreator]

"Milne ki ummed to nhi tujhse

per kaise keh dun ki intezar nhi tera"

[musiquesduciel]

It should be mandatory for all Bollywood hits to have an Epilogue or at least a reference in the director's next movie about what the characters from the previous movie are upto years after the events of the movie.

Like I wanna know how Aditya Kashyap and Geet are doing 15 years into their marriage and if they ended up buying a house in the hills. I wanna know how Prem and Jenny from Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahaani are doing and if Prem made her VP of the Happy Club. I wanna know if Aisha and Sid from Wake Up Sid! ended up marrying and if she published her own book with his photography on its cover. If Aditi and Jai from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na have kids who they teach the steps of Pappu Can't Dance? If Bittu and Roshan from Delhi-6 got married and settled down in the same villa Roshan’s grandma brought him to? If Kavya and Humpty Sharma moved to the US eventually and opened their own wedding gown/lehenga shop. What country Naina and Bunny from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani are currently in. Did Om Kapoor end up marrying Sandy after Om Shanti Om? Or does he visit the burned site to meet Shanti everyday? So many questions.

[qalbofnight]

[om-is-ok]

Pov: Now you're on your own so you don't care about anything or anyone because you're tired of life.

Mujhe ab dar nahi lagta —Mohsin Naqvi

kisi ke dur jaane se, taalluq tut jaane se

kisi ke maan jaane se, kisi ke rooth jaane se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta

kisi ko azmane se, kisi ke azmane se

kisi ko yaad rakhne se, kisi ko bhuul jaane se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta...

kisi ko chhod dene se, kisi ke chhod jaane se

na shamaa ko jalane se, na shamaa ko bujhane se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta

akele muskurane se, kabhi aansu bahane se

na is saare zamane se, haqiqat se fasane se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta...

kisi ki na-rasai se, kisi ki parsai se

kisi ki bevafai se, kisi dukh intihai se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta

na to is paar rahne se, na to us paar rahne se

na apni zindagani se, na ik din maut aane se

mujhe ab dar nahi lagta... —Mohsin Naqvi

[o-sahiba]

In english we say, "beauty lies in the eyes of beholder" but in urdu we say, "khoobsurati na soorat mein hai na libaas mein, nigaahien jisse chaahe usse haseen krdein."

[terijugni]

जो फूल तेरी ज़ुलफ़ों में नहीं

वो फूल, फूल नहीं

[maihonhassan]

Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:

“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”

[hereisnxbiya]

When Shafin Khan wrote

Rote hue insaan ke pass ek kahani hoti hai, Or muskurate hue insaan ke pass uss kahani ko chupane ka ek andaaz.

I really felt that.!

[komal01]

Phool dena mohabbat nahi hai;

Phoolon ki tarah rakhna mohabbat hai

[peaceishim]

Insaan aisa pasand karo ki fir uske baad koi insaan pasand na aaye.

-(via @safedchitthi on ig)