#urdu poetry

[maihonhassan]

How broken was Jaun Eliya when he said;

Har kisi say bichar gaya hoon mein, kon dil mein mera malal rakhe,

Shehr-e-hasti ka ajnabi hoon main, kon aakhir mera khayal rakhe.

[refat-ahmed]

Aasmaan Par Nazar Hai Logon Ki,

Chand Inka Wahin Pe Rehta Hai.

Main Magar Aasmaan Pe Kya Dhoondu,

Chand Mera Zameen Pe Rehta Hai.

—Attaullah Khan Saab

[qalbofnight]

Aansu ka hamare gham naa karo. Woh behte hai toh behne do.

[hernepenthenotes]

The quiet ache of unrequited love

Images from Abdullah Pur ka Devdas

[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

[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)

[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.”

[nabihahahahahaha]

Jo utra dil se, phir utar he gaya, Phir chahy woh falak ka chaand baney, Mujhe qubool nahi.

[stfu-gurl]

There isn't any scent in this world as comforting as the scent of a mother's duppata.

[ihateyouvishal]

"ye jo mujhe paane ki talab hai tumhari, mujhe paakar tum badal jaoge."

//Wajid Shaikh Sahab

[peerzadafaizan]

Main kisi shaam chala jaunga manzar se...

Log behal jayenge kuch roz pareshan ho kar

[qalbofnight]

Hairat hai ki hum log bhi thukraye huwe hain,

Hum jaisey to seeney se laganey ke liye they,