#urdu poetry

[stfu-gurl]

[maihonhassan]

Ahmad Faraz is so me;

Side One:

"Mujh ko acha nahi lagta koi hum naam tera,

Koi tujh sa ho tou phir naam bhi tujh sa rakhe."

Side Two

"Ab tere zikr pe hum baat badal dete hain,

Kitni raghbat thi tere naam se pehle pehle."

[nabihahahahahaha]

Humne hi lautne ka irada nahi kiya

ہمنے ہی لوٹنے کا ارادہ نہیں کیا

Usne bhi bhool janey ka irada nahi kiya

اسنے بھی بھول جانے کا ارادہ نہیں کیا؟

Parveen shakir

[mausamii]

Ek samandar hai jo mere kaabu me hai,

Aur ek katra hai jo mujhse sambhala nahi jata

Ek umar hai jo bitaani hai uske bagair,

Aur ek lamha hai jo mujhse guzara nahi jata

- Gulzar

[dhaljaumai]

Zindagi ek kitab hai, har shakhs ek safha, aur har din ek sher

[deep-feelings-blog]

In English, we say: " Overthinking "

But in poetry, we say: " The storms in my head ruined the garden that my soul holds"

[swelling-eyes]

“Even now, there are flowers in the flowerbed, but none like my wound or like your lips.”

Ahmad faraz

[blogbyher]

"And because you are a dream, I sleep a lot."

-Mahmoud Darwish

[stfu-gurl]

[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.”

[sanelyinsanemiss]

"Main nahi chahta woh mere bulaane se aaye,

Main chahta hoon woh reh naa paye aur bahane se aaye."

[peaceishim]

I found this on twitter.

(Not mine)

[qalbofnight]

Hairat hai ki hum log bhi thukraye huwe hain,

Hum jaisey to seeney se laganey ke liye they,

[izhaar-e-ishq]

In English we say:

“Out of all people you misunderstood me”

But in Urdu we say:

“Usay meri baatein ab samajh nahi aati,

Kabhi jo meri khamoshi ki tafseer likha karta tha.”

[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